Journal of Forensic Chemistry and Toxicology

Cut Injury of wrist (CIW) is also known as ‘Spaghetti wrists’ with a minimum of three completely transected structures, a nerve, artery and a tendon. The investigators have to answer the most challenging question i.e. manner of death. Some circumstances cannot be understood by the investigators and have to be explained by a Forensic Pathologist. We report a case of an individual who was found dead in a bathroom with blood splashes all over the walls and floor of the bathroom along clothes and body of the deceased. The amount of blood found in the bathroom was baffling. The case later examined in totality with autopsy findings was found to be suicidal in nature. The authors intend to recommend that wherever possible the autopsy surgeon should visit the crime scene in such cases before conducting autopsy to have a fair idea about the circumstances of death and to lead the investigation towards natural course of justice.

Infra-Red spectroscopy plays important role for analysis of several compounds, metals etc. Its use is readily understood from breadth of its applications. The range of material that can be analyzed by IR/FTIR is essentially unlimited. Applications are found in diverse fields such as forensic science, pharmaceuticals, food and agriculture, biological and clinical chemistry, environmental chemistry and many others.

This review gives a brief overview of the recent developments in the field of analysis of petroleum products in fire debris residues by different spectroscopic and chromatographic techniques for forensic purpose. The review covers different aspects of analysis such as the types of accelerants, substrates involved, isolation procedures, column and mobile phase used, and subsequent detection in tabular form. This paper covers detection of petroleum products such as petrol, kerosene and diesel in various types of samples recovered in arson cases.

Drugs are vital means for the prevention and cure of diseases and ailment of different nature. It has played a vital in the health of humanity and improved its life span and quality of life. With the advancement of science and research, new drugs are evolving each year and the pharmaceutical companies are flourishing with business. Therefore various acts have been passed by the Govt. to regulate the manufacture, composition and sale of these drugs. Besides it has made various laws to prevent the misuse of these drugs to harm others. The physicians and the pharmacist should be aware of the various legal acts of drugs and poisons pertaining to its profession. This review article has attempted to bring out all the relevant acts and rules pertaining to drug and poison relevant to the medical practitioners.

A retrospective study of 140 cases of poisoning received in the casualty of Rama Medical College Hospital and Research Center Hapur (Ghaziabad) Uttar Pradesh during a span of last 3 years (2014-2016) was done to know the socio-economic profile and pattern of acute poisoning in the region. All admitted and brought dead cases of acute, known and unknown poisoning, from all age were included in the study. Males and females were 62% and 38% respectively. Most common age group was 21-30 years and majority of victims were married. Most of the victims belonged to lower (33.6%) or lower-middle (60.7%) class. Organophosphate (37.1%) was the most common poisoning, followed by Celphos (21.4%) and other unknown poisoning (18.6%) responsible for more than two-third of the cases. Majority of poisoning cases (85.7%) were suggestive of suicide, of which family quarrel (31.7%) and unemployment (22.5%) or loss in business were more common in male and ill treatment by husband/in-laws (27.5%) in female.

Evaluation of trauma and prediction of outcome in 255 train accident victims in Delhi was studied out of which 40 cases survived and taken up for this study. Trauma and Injury Severity Score (TRISS) was calculated and its correlation with period of survival was determined. Males and females were 86.7% and 13.3% respectively. Mean age was 37.5 years. Most common age group involved was 21–30 followed by 31-40 years. The region of the body most commonly involved in survivors was the lower limbs followed by upper limbs, head and chest while in the victims who died was head followed by chest and abdominal injury. Thirty percent of the survivors belonged to TRISS group 50-80 followed by 70% survivors to TRISS >80 group. There was a positive correlation between TRISS and probability of survival.