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Role of state and medical officials in case of sexual assault by an insane person: A case report

Author(s) -

Mukul Sharma,

Biplab Rath,

Afsar Jahan,

Varsha Sharma,

Manas Ranjan Sahu

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

indian journal of forensic and community medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2394-6776

pISSN - 2394-6768

DOI - 10.18231/j.ijfcm.2021.040

Subject(s) - dignity , sexual assault , law , state (computer science) , criminology , mentally ill , psychiatry , psychology , forensic psychiatry , forensic nursing , medicine , political science , suicide prevention , medical emergency , poison control , mental health , algorithm , mental illness , computer science

Violence against women has been in talks and news every now and then. Various laws are enacted world-over and in India for protection of their rights and dignity with stringent punishments of the offender. But issues arise if the offender is a mentally unsound person or a juvenile. The case is of a four-month pregnant lady who was attacked by a mentally unsound person and was brought to casualty in a low condition with unstable vitals. She had sustained multiple injuries over the body and a wooden roller stuck inside the vagina. The treating physician’s medico-legal duties and the role of state in such cases become very important. The treatment examination of victim and accused along with the legal implications make such cases worth discussing.

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