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DIVULGING ON AUTOPSY AND THE EXTERNAL POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION OF A DEAD BODY FOR CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glsr.2020(V-III).16      10.31703/glsr.2020(V-III).16      Published : Sep 2020

Divulging on Autopsy and the External Post-Mortem Examination of a Dead Body for Criminal Proceedings

Abstract

    For criminal proceedings, the post-mortem examination of a dead body is composed of two stages.PME encompasses the apparent condition of the dead body in reference to the surrounding of the crime scene and the effects of the environment. The autopsy consists of the examination of the body in the autopsy room for detailed examination. Apart from these two categories, PME can also be divided according to the purpose and approval of authority for conducting the examination including; for the training of the medical students,organ donation, and identification of an unknown dead body where no crime is involved, or where the crime occurred it determines the cause of death or traces any sign of the criminal. The purpose of both examinations is to find the cause of death and trace the perpetrator of the crime, if possible under the given circumstances of dead body, and to prosecute the offender and exonerate the innocents.

    Autopsy Examination, Autopsy Surgeon, Rigor Mortis, Livor Mortis, Dead Body

    (1) Atika Lohani
    Assistant Professor, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Shahid Zafar Bajwa
    Advocate High Court
    (3) Aamir Abbas
    Assistant Professor, Law College, GC University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Lohani, A., Bajwa, S. Z., & Abbas, A. (2020). Divulging on Autopsy and the External Post-Mortem Examination of a Dead Body for Criminal Proceedings. Global Legal Studies Review, V(III), 128 - 138. https://doi.org/10.31703/glsr.2020(V-III).16

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Lohani, Atika, Shahid Zafar Bajwa, and Aamir Abbas. 2020. "Divulging on Autopsy and the External Post-Mortem Examination of a Dead Body for Criminal Proceedings." Global Legal Studies Review, V (III): 128 - 138 doi: 10.31703/glsr.2020(V-III).16

HARVARD

    HARVARD : LOHANI, A., BAJWA, S. Z. & ABBAS, A. 2020. Divulging on Autopsy and the External Post-Mortem Examination of a Dead Body for Criminal Proceedings. Global Legal Studies Review, V, 128 - 138.

MHRA

    MHRA : Lohani, Atika, Shahid Zafar Bajwa, and Aamir Abbas. 2020. "Divulging on Autopsy and the External Post-Mortem Examination of a Dead Body for Criminal Proceedings." Global Legal Studies Review, V: 128 - 138

MLA

    MLA : Lohani, Atika, Shahid Zafar Bajwa, and Aamir Abbas. "Divulging on Autopsy and the External Post-Mortem Examination of a Dead Body for Criminal Proceedings." Global Legal Studies Review, V.III (2020): 128 - 138 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Lohani, Atika, Bajwa, Shahid Zafar, and Abbas, Aamir (2020), "Divulging on Autopsy and the External Post-Mortem Examination of a Dead Body for Criminal Proceedings", Global Legal Studies Review, V (III), 128 - 138

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Lohani, Atika, Shahid Zafar Bajwa, and Aamir Abbas. "Divulging on Autopsy and the External Post-Mortem Examination of a Dead Body for Criminal Proceedings." Global Legal Studies Review V, no. III (2020): 128 - 138. https://doi.org/10.31703/glsr.2020(V-III).16