Abstract

Rigor mortis-RM is an important indicator of PMI-postmortem interval. In the present study 100 medicolegal cases examined for degree of rigor mortis in N-neck, F-face, EL-eyelid, UL-upper limbs, TRUNK, LL-lower limbs and fingers and toes at the time of postmortem examination in the department of Forensic Medicine Indira Gandhi Medical college, Nagpur. We have got the average PMI for well marked RM in whole body is 12 hours irrespective of season and average minimum PMI at which we get absent rigor mortis is 21.47 hours in the summer

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