DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2019.v07i03.005

Pages: 186-188

Fire has been linked to human civilization since time immemorial and its novel and sinister use has been known to men of all class & creed. An attempt was made to masquerade a crime using fire but a meticulous autopsy and watchful eye of forensic expert unearthed the hidden mystery. A partially charred dead body of a middle aged male individual recovered from a village in southwest haryana was brought to the mortuary of PGIMS, Rohtak with suspicion of ante mortem suicidal burns. Postmortem examination revealed post-mortem burns and fracture of hyoid.