It is the form of asphyxia in which the body issuspended wholly or partially with a ligature round the neck which causesconstriction of the air passage preventing exchange of air between theatmosphere and the alveoli of the lungs, the constriction force being theweight of the body.
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Hanging |
Types of hanging:
- Atypical hanging and
- Typical hanging
Difference suicidal and homicidal hanging are givenbellow-
Traits | Suicidal hanging | Homicidal hanging |
1. Age | More common adolescent and adults. Children bellow the age of ten or adults above 50 rarely commit suicide by hanging. | No age limitation |
2. Ligature mark | Oblique, non-continuous, circular, and high up in the neck. | Usually transversely continuous and low down in the neck. |
3. Knot | Usually one slip knot is found. | Usually more than one (farm knot). |
4. Design | History of previous unsuccessful attempts to commit suicide. | No previous history to commit suicide. |
5. Injuries | In the body contraindicate suicide | Presence of injuries is in favour of it. |
6. Poison | No evidence of poison | Might be evidence of poison associated with marks of violence or signs of struggle. |
7. State of hands or legs | If found tied contraindicates suicide | If found tied, it is always in favour of homicide. |
8. Access-liability | The point of hanging must be accessible to the victim or there must be means to reach the point. | The point of hanging is quite inaccessible of the means reaching the point would be missing or absent. |
9. Place of occurrence | The room is found closed from inside – indicate suicide. | If the room is open or locked from outside- indicate homicide. |
10. Sign of struggle | Absent. | Present, except when the victim was asleep, unconscious or mere a child. |
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