The essential requirement of medico-legal autopsy. Dr. Parikh in his book “Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology”, 5th Edition page 83, has stated that:
The essential requirements of a medico-legal autopsy are :
(a) it should be performed by a
registered medical practitioner preferably one with special training or
experience in forensic medicine (forensic pathology),
(b) the examination should be meticulous and complete; and one should routinely record all positive findings and important negative ones, e.g. absence of skull fracture in a case of head injury, or absence of defence injuries in case of struggle,
(c) all information must be preserved by defence injuries in case of struggle, (c) all information must be preserved by written records, sketches, relevant photographs, and radiographs when possible,
(d) evidentiary material, when recovered, should provide a factual and objective medical report for the law enforcement agencies keeping in mind that he may have to explain his finding and opinions at the time of cross-examination in a court of law.
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