Citation

Kumar A, Rautji R. J. Ind. Acad. Forensic Med. 2010; 32(2): 174-175.

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(Copyright © 2010, Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine)

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Abstract

A young female aged 18 years was found unresponsive in the car by her boyfriend. Both were inside the car, which was parked inside a closed garage. The engine and air conditioner of the car was switched on. The girl had complained of giddiness earlier and the boyfriend too was feeling drowsy. The boy had been going out of the car to attend to phone calls and upon returning after one such call, found that his friend was not responding. She was immediately brought to the casualty dept of a tertiary care hospital by him where she was declared dead on arrival. A police complaint was lodged by the relatives of the girl, accusing the boy of homicide due to the presence of some minor injuries on the body of girl. Medico Legal autopsy on the girl revealed, death due to carbon monoxide poisoning.