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Dowry Death Case: Second Autopsy Reveals Crucial Evidence
18 Aug
Summary
- Charges include dowry death, cruelty, and abetment to suicide under BNS.
- A second autopsy by a medical board in Delhi provided critical forensic findings.
- Forensic tests confirmed a gymnastics belt matched the victim's neck injuries.
Charges have been framed under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Dowry Prohibition Act in a dowry death case involving a 33-year-old former model and actor. The initial police investigation and the first autopsy performed at AIIMS Bhopal raised critical doubts, prompting the Madhya Pradesh High Court to order a second postmortem.
The central question for the medical board conducting the second autopsy in Delhi was whether the gymnastics belt with a metal ring was the actual ligature used and if it matched the injuries on the victim's neck. The first autopsy was inconclusive as the alleged ligature material was not presented.
Laboratory and histopathological examinations during the second autopsy confirmed the presence of skin tissue on the ligature material, establishing a match with the injury pattern. The CBI took over the probe following these findings and arrested Samarth and Giribala Singh, who face allegations of mental torture and domestic violence.
