Open AccessRole 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,
R Vigneshvar,
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.