IPC sections related to forensic medicine

Sec 118 IPC—Concealing design to commit offence punishable with death or improsonment for life.


Sec 176, IPC—Omission to give notice or information to public servant by person legally bound to give it.


Sec 177 IPC—Furnishing false information.


Sec 182 IPC—False information with intent to cause public servant to use lawful power to the injury of another person. .


Sec 191 IPC—Giving false evidence


Sec 192 IPC—Fabricating false evidence.


Sec 193 IPC—Punishment for false evidence.


Sec 194 IPC—Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of capital offence.


Sec 195 IPC — Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of offence punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment.


Sec 197 IPC—Issuing or signing false certificates.


Sec 201 IPC—Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offenders .
Sec 203 IPC—Giving false information respecting an offence committed.


Sec 204 IPC—Destruction of document to prevent its production as evidence.


Sec 284 IPC —Negligent conduct with respect to poisonous substances.


Sec 304 IPC—Causing death by negligence.


Sec 309 IPC—Attempt to commit suicide


Sec 313 IPC—Causing miscarriage without woman's consent


Sec 318 IPC—Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body.


Sec 319 IPC—Hurt.


Sec 320 IPC—Grievous hurt.


Sec 351 IPC—Assault.


Sec 362 IPC—Abduction.


Sec 375 IPC —Rape.


Sec 376 IPC—Punishment for rape.


Sec 377 IPC—Unnatural offences.


Sec 497 IPC—Adultery.


Sec 39 Cr. P.C—Every person, aware of the commission of or of the intention of any other person to commit any offence is punishable under I.P.C. shall forthwith give information to the nearest magistrate of police officer of such commission or intention.


Sec 84 IPC—Nothing is an offence which is done by a person who at the time of doing it, by reason of unsoundness of mind, is incapable of knowing the nature of the act or what he is doing is either wrong or contrary to law.

Differences between Antemortem and postmortem wounds

FEATURES	ANTEMORTEM WOUND	POST MORTEM WOUND
Haemorrhage	-Arterial -Blood clotted and the clot is    ~laminated    ~firmly adherent to      the lining of endothelium    ~firm, rubbery and      variegated -Copious amount -Deep staining of edges   which can't be    washed away	-Venous -Blood usually not clotted  and if clots it is    ~Non laminated    ~Weakly adherent to the       lining of endothelium    ~Soft,friable chicken       fat(yellow) or current       jelly(red) appearance    ~Homogenous -Slight amount -Staining is superficial  and can be washed away
Wound edges	Gaping,everted,swollen	Apposed,not swollen
Vital reaction	Signs of inflammation, infection(pus,slough) and healing (granulation tissue) present	Not present
Enzyme histo chemistry	Negative and positive vital reactions	Vital reaction absent
Wound serotonin and histamine content	Increased	No increase
Microscopy	-Clot has platelets -Leucocyte and  RBC infiltration in between muscle fibers	-Clot lacks platelets -No infiltration

Differences between Male and Female pelvis

BONY FRAME WORK	Massive and heart shaped	Less massive, rounded
PELVIC INLET	Deep and narrow	Shallow and wide
ILIUM	Less expanded, hence walls are not splayed	More expanded, hence walls are splayed
ILIAC FOSSA	Shallow	Deep
ASIS	Not widely separated	Widely separated
PUBIC ARCH	Narrow, V shaped, angle less than 70,less distance between ischia	Wide, U shaped, angle greater than 90, more distance ischia
ISCHIAL TUBEROSITY	Inverted	Everted
OBTURATOR FORAMEN	Ovoid with base upward	Triangular with apex forward
GREATER SCIATIC NOTCH	Narrow, deep, angle less than 90	Wide,shallow, angle greater than 90
PREAURICULAR SULCUS	Narrow,shallow, without marked edges	Broad,deep, in parous women
SACRUM	Long,narrow,has greater than 5 segments,well marked promontory	Wide,short,has 5 segments,promontory less marked
CURVE OF SACRUM	Equal over entire length, S-index less than 112	Straight in first 3 segments, the curve being confined to a point below the centre of 3rd sacral vertebra (J-shape)
ISCHIOPUBIC INDEX	73-94	91-150
ARTICULAR SURFACE OF SACRUM EXTENDS TO	2.5-3 Vertebral bodies	2-2.5 vertebral bodies
ACETABULUM	Wider and deeper	Narrow and shallow