Medico legal study of female burn victims: A circumstantial context

Abstract

Female burns are the burning problem of Indian society. Accidental, suicidal and homicidal burns have been reported in the women. A circumstantial approach is required to analyse the circumstances of female burns. A retrospective study of medicolegal autopsies was  carried out for autopsies conducted between January 2016 and December, 2018 in the mortuary of the Government Medical College,  Anantapuramu. The majority of incidents happened in the kitchen; frequently in the evening hours. Most of the homicidal and  accidental burns were first noticed by their husbands or in-laws. The majority of them rescued either by in-laws, husbands or  neighbors. In large number of cases police was intimated by the medical officer as a part of their duty.