Browsing by Author "S.M. Das Gupta"

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A medico legal analysis of some cases of murder followed by suicide
(1975) S.M. Das Gupta; A.R. Tripathi; C. Madhav Rao
[No abstract available]
A roentgenologic study of epiphyseal union around elbow, wrist and knee joints and the pelvis in boys and girls of Uttar Pradesh (a pilot study)
(1974) S.M. Das Gupta; V. Prasad; S. Singh
[No abstract available]
ABH Typing of Three-year-old Pulp Cavity Scrapings of Human Teeth by Mixed-Agglutination Technique
(1983) A.K. Bapuly; S.M. Das Gupta; G.P. Agarwal
[No abstract available]
Artificial insemination
(1973) S.M. Das Gupta; C. Madhava Rao
[No abstract available]
Burnt wife syndrome
(1984) S.M. Das Gupta; C.B. Tripathi
While the system of offering dowry to the groom by the parents of the bride at the time of the marriage is an age old one amongst the Hindus of India; during the recent past this evil custom has resulted in a large number of newly wed young housewives being either killed or tortured to end their own lives by their husbands and in-laws, for the unfulfilled demands or desire for dowry from the parents or guardians of the bride. Indeed in India today, torture of the young housewives by their husbands and in-laws for failure to bring insufficient dowry has become the order of the day all over the country. Some of them are burnt to death and others choose to die by fire; while still others are put to death by some means other than fire and disposed of by burning in order to hide the heinous offence. Hardly a day passes in the life of a forensic pathologist working in one of the states of Northern India, when he is not called upon to do an autopsy on the dead body of a burnt housewife who almost invariably is a married Hindu woman in the prime of her youth, between 15-30 years of age.
Determination of postmortem interval by total protein estimation and electrophoretic analysis of serum protein
(1990) S.K. Tripathi; S.M. Das Gupta; G.R.K. Rao
[No abstract available]
Epidemiology of firearm fatalities
(1978) B.V. Subrahmanyam; S.M. Das Gupta; C. Madhava Rao; V. Kaviya
Firearm fatalities constituted 8.7% of homicides in Varanasi during the period 1973-75. Surprisingly not even a single case of suicide by firearm is found. Dacoity and robbery are responsible for many firearm fatalities. Dispute over land property is the commonest cause of homicide by firearms. The majority of victims are in the prime of life. The majority of the victims died immediately due to shock and heamorrhage from close range wounding from the front.
Facial tissue depths: a roentgenologic study on living subjects
(1975) S.M. Das Gupta; S.K. Gupta; V. Prasad; C. Madhava Rao
[No abstract available]
Forensic medicine in Bangladesh. An impression
(1988) S.M. Das Gupta
[No abstract available]
Medicolegal aspects of sex determination. A review
(1977) S.M. Das Gupta; B.V. Subrahmanyam; C.M. Rao
It is a matter of common observation that a person can be recognised as a male or female even by laity on a bird's eye-view. However, time and again problems have arisen as to whether the given individual is a male or a female in sports events, marital-suits, admission to army and so on. The question of determination of sex is therefore likely to arise in many civil and criminal cases. This article reviews the medicolegal problems of sex. The determination of sex involves a series of tests like social test, genital test, gonadal test, chromosomal analysis, sex chromatin examination, Davidson body demonstration and Y chromosome analysis. Davidson and Robertson Smith (1954) showed that it is possible to assign the sex from an ordinary blood film. In women more than 1% of polymorphonuclear leukocytes show in their nuclei 'drum sticks', small extra lobes of 2-3 in diameter, solid well rounded and a filamentous stalk. Similar drum sticks are present in not more than 0.2% of poly-morphs in the males. Drum sticks can be equated with the sex chromatin and a blood film can be sexed as reliably as a mucosal smear or hair follicle section, on their basis. Y chromosomes fluoresce very brightly when viewed in long wave U-V light staining with Quinacrine Mustard. If Quinacrine hydro-chloride is used the fluorescent ends of Y chromosomes can be seen even in non-dividing cells at a time when the chromosomes themselves can not be usually seen. As male cells have Y chromosomes the normal male cells display bright fluorescent spot, while the female cells do not. By using Y body techniques it is possible to determine the sex of a single hair or tooth. Hair follicle cells are of particular interest since both Barr and Y bodies can be clearly demonstrated in them as opposed to most tissues in which only the Y body can be visualised. Y body analysis is of help in detecting certain genetic anomalies, as an individual with XYY will have two bright fluorescent spots in their cells. Biologic researches have also demonstrated that sex of an individual is not as simple and easily definable entity as is commonly believed and intermediate and indeterminate sexual characteristics classified as sexual anomalies exist between the two extremes of male and female due to structural (intersexuals) and functional (transsexuals) aberrations.
Medicolegal autopsies in India. Delay and nonperformance. Adverse effects
(1984) S.M. Das Gupta; C.B. Tripathi
Some time lag, however small between time of death or the discovery of the body (and pending medicolegal autopsy), would appear to be indispensible and justified in each case for reasons of investigation. This time interval is reduced to a required minimum, depending upon the competency of crime investigative machinery and the concern of well-intentioned individuals. In a developing country like India, this can cause serious problems. The time lag interval between the discovery of the body and the autopsy is often very long in India, and may be attributed to reasons which are outside the legitimate needs of investigation, ranging from outright incompetence to cool callousness, willful omissions, or machinations based on unfair motivations and political compulsion. Long distances, proper communication, and availability of transportation all play their parts in the need for proper indentification and autopsy examination. In addition to delays in performing the autopsies, there are numerous instances of unnatural, sudden, and suspicious deaths, where postmortem examination is never done. These reasons range from those that are seemingly innocent to those which are grossly unfair or dishonest. The medicolegal postmortem index can vary between 20 and 80% in different areas of India.
Unnatural death investigation in India. A plea for the introduction of a medical examiner system of inquest
(1986) S.M. Das Gupta
The inquest upon a dead body is the basis of the scientific crime investigation and administration of crimical justice. The pivotal issue in any inquest is the initial visualization of the body and its surroundings at the scene of incident by a team of investigators and experts. This must be carried out meticulously, since the subsequent course of the case, and its success or failure in the court of justice, essentially depends upon its proper execution. Unfortunately, such an important step as the inquest is generally the most neglected part of any crime investigation process as it exists in India today. It is quite often left entirely to the inspired guesswork and seasoned experience of the lowest ranking police officers and more often than not to a Head Constable of a police station or substation. Nevertheless, while the coroner's system has proved to be utterly unsuitable for Indian conditions, we have failed to find an alternative solution to the growing challenge of scientific crime investigation in India, by involving the forensic pathologist in inquests held upon dead bodies, by including him in the first crime investigation. A strong case is made for adoption of the medical examiner's system of inquest, wherein the forensic pathologist plays the pivotal role and leads the 'unnatural death investigation team'.
Who is a good medical witness?
(1975) B.V. Subrahmanyam; S.M. Das Gupta
There are occasions when even experienced and senior doctors resent a court appearance, not relishing the rigors of unpalatable cross examination by lawyers. Similarly there are instances when a presiding officer of a court of law passes sarcastic remarks or gross strictures directing disciplinary action against doctors. How to be a good Medical witness in court? This paper gives certain clues. A medical man who is thorough in his examination, clear in his observations, scientific in his replies, gentle in his manner and minds his business in court and does not transgress the limits of his particular field turns out to be a good medical witness.