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Journal of Forensic Chemistry and Toxicology

Volume  5, Issue 1, January-June 2019, Pages 72-77
 

Case Report

Domestic Violence Ends Three Innocent Lives: A Case Series

Arijit Dey 1, Deepshekhar Dalal 2, Mainak Tarafdar 3, Neha Sharma 4, Hemant K Kanwar 5

1,4,5 Senior Resident, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 2 Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal 700073, India. 3 Senior Demonstrator, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, BS Medical College & Hospital, Bankura, West Bengal 722102, India

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/jfct.2454.9363.5119.12

Abstract

 

Violence against women is any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical,
sexual or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of
liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life. Domestic violence can be defined as a pattern of behavior
in any relationship that is used to gain or maintain power and control over an intimate partner. Abuse can be
physical, sexual, emotional, economic or psychological actions or threats of actions that influence another person.
This includes any behaviors that frighten, intimidate, terrorize, manipulate, hurt, humiliate, blame, injure or wound
someone. Domestic violence can happen to any couple irrespective of their race, age, sexual orientation, religion,
gender, socio-economic backgrounds and education levels. The management of domestic violence essentially
requires combined effort of law enforcement, social welfare and healthcare services. The current article throws light
on three separate incidents of domestic violence, where the victim was forced to commit suicide, but employing a
different method in each case e.g. hanging, burning & consuming poison.


 


Keywords : Domestic violence; Physical & emotional abuse; Socio-demographic background; Suicide; Heinous crime.
Corresponding Author : Arijit Dey