Department of Forensic Medicine

Department of Forensic Medicine

The Department of Forensic Medicine conducts advanced post - mortem and medico-legal research. It has well-equipped Laboratories with modern teaching aids. An exclusive museum consisting of Weapons of Assault, Specimen of Poisons, Mounted Specimens, Models, legal Photograph, Medico-legal X - rays, Bones and Charts is available to teach and train students.

Research Publications

• A Comparative Study on the Death of Unclaimed Homeless Males and Females Based on Autopsy and Circumstantial Findings in a Large North Indian Population. Journal of Public Health; 2015; 23(6), 330-40. [Singh R, Singh M, Rupani R, Verma AK, Singh H, Kumar S, et al.]
• Time-dependent Degradation Pattern of Cardiac Troponin T in Cases of Death by Burn. West Indian Med J. 2015 Jun;64(3):226-9. [Kumar S, Ali W, Singh US, Verma AK, Bhattacharya S, Kumar A, Singh R, Rupani R.]
• Autopsy Audit of Intentional Burns Inflicted By Self Or By Others In North India-5 Year Snapshot. J Forensic Leg Med. 2015 Oct; 35:29-32. [Kumar S, Verma AK, Singh US, Singh R.]
• A Case Report of Death Claimed Due to OPV. Journal of medical toxicology and clinical forensic medicine 2015; 1(1:1). [Singh R, Rupani R, Verma AK, Singh M, Rathore S, Singh H, Kumari S.]
• Current Scenario of Forensic DNA Databases in or Outside India and their Relative Risk. Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences. 2016; 6(1): 1-5. [Kumar S, Verma AK, Singh P, Singh R.]
• An Experimental Study to Demonstrate the Extents of Reversible Changes After Withdrawal of Allethrin Based Mosquito Coil Smoke Exposure Along with the Possible Protective Role Of Vitamin C on Induced Testicular Changes In Male Wistar Albino Rats. IJIRMS 2016; 1(5):145-52. [Singh H, Kumar N, Singh R, Manik P, Rani A, Diwan RK.]
• Medical Proof of Insanity is not Legal Proof for Acquittal Pros and Cons. Austin Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2016; 1(1): 1005. [Singh R, Singh H, Kumari S and Rajput A.]
• Homelessness-A Curse in our Society. Forensic Res Criminol Int J. 2016; 2(6): 00078 [Singh R, Singh H, Shiuli, Kumari S, singh M, et al. (2016)]
• Burden of Undiagnosed HIV Cases & Associated Stigma Prevalent in Health Care System Including Mortuary. International Journal of Innovative Research in Medical Science (IJIRMS). 2017; 2(7):924-28 [Singh R, Verma AK, Venkatesh V, Kumar N, Kumari R, Rupani R, Singh H, Kumari S, Singh M.]
• The Maxillofacial Injuries: A Postmortem Study. National Journal of Maxillofacial Surgery. 2018; 9(1):48-51. [Rupani R, Singh M, Kumar V, Singh R, Kumar S, Yadav P.]
• Acid Attack on Women: A New Face of Gender-Based Violence in India. Indian Journal of Burns. 2018; 26(1):83-86. [Singh M, Rupani R, Kumari S, Singh R, Kumar V.]
• Strangulation Femicide In North India-an Autopsy And Circumstantial Based Study. Era J. Med. Res. 2019; 6(1): 1-7. [Singh M, Singh R, Kumari S, Singh H, Shiuli, Verma A.K.]
• Tunnel For Ligamentum Teres Hepatis- A Case Report. EJMR. 2018; 6(1): 125-126. [Singh H, Diwan R. K, Rani A, Rani A, Sehgal G, Singh R.]
• Pattern Of Unnatural Deaths Of Females In Lucknow District–A Post Mortem Study . J Indian Acad Forensic Med.2019(Accepted) [Kumari S, Rupani R, Singh M, Verma AK, Rathore S, Ranjan R, Singh R.]
• Demographic Profile And Outcome Of Near Hanging Cases Presenting In Tertiary Care Hospital In Northern Part Of India: An Observational Study. J Indian Acad Forensic Med.2019(accepted) [Rupani R, Kumari S, Singh M,Verma AK, Shiuli , Ranjan R, Sharma V, Singh R.]
• Epidemiological Profile Of Fatal Burn Cases In Tertiary Care Centre Of Lucknow –An Observational Study. J Indian Acad Forensic Med.2019 (Accepted) [Yadav P,Kumari S,Verma AK,Singh R,Rupani R,Shiuli,Chaudhary R, Singh M.]
• Protective Role of Vitamin C Against Toxic Indoor Pollutants Released From Pyrethroid Based Mosquito Coil On A Rat Model: A Histopathological Study. Era J. Med. Res. 2020 (Accepted) [Singh R, Singh H, Ranjana, Manik P, Kumari S, Diwan RK.]
• Estimation and Epidemiological Assessment of Undiagnosed HIV Cases and their Co-positivity with Hidden HBV & HCV in Lucknow and Surrounding Districts of Northern India – A Post Mortem Study. Sri Lanka Journal of Forensic Medicine, Science & Law. 2021;12(2):3–9. [Singh R, Verma AK, Singh H, Kumari R, Singh M, Rupani R.]
• Experimental validation of vitamin C's defensive function against the biochemical changes triggered by a pyrethroid-based mosquito coil (PBMC) on testis of albino rats. Int J Mosq Res 2021;8(1):01-05. [Dr. Heena Singh, Dr. RK Diwan, Dr. Raghvendra Singh, Dr. Punita Manik, Dr. Archana Rani, Dr. Sharique Ahmad.]