Profile of Alleged Sexual Offences in Jhalawar Region of Rajasthan: A 2 Year Retrospective Study

Abstract

The present retrospective study was done with the aim to analyze the pattern of alleged sexual assault cases that were reported to the  st hospital during 1st Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2020. Of the total cases of sexual assault involving both female and male survivors were included in  this study. We found that a total of 287 cases reported to emergency of Jhalawar Medical College & S.R.G. Hospital, Jhalawar, Rajasthan,  with history of sexual assault with given informed consent for their medico-legal examination. The most commonly affected were 11-20  years of age group (62.36%) and 42.16% of the victims were students. Majority of victims were unmarried (66.20%) and most of victims  belonged to low socioeconomic status. In 73.86% cases, the perpetrator was unknown/stranger to victims. Only few cases (7.66%) were  reported within 12 hours and (11.50%) between 12-24 hours for medical examination. Injuries found on the genitals includes 86.75% old  torn and 9% fresh torn hymen injury, 3.5% cases have injuries like abrasion, bruises and laceration while extra-genital/body injuries were  in only very few cases (3.2%).