Abstract
The present prospective study aims to establish the incidence of homicidal deaths with the distribution of age, gender and cause of death among cases which were subjected to post-mortem examination in a tertiary care teaching hospital in South India for a period of two years. The study revealed that among 10137 autopsies conducted in the study period, homicidal deaths accounted for 211 (2.08%) cases. Among the study population, the majority of the victims were aged between 21–30 years (35.55%). Males comprised the majority of victims as compared to females in the ratio 2.15: 1. Head injury alone was cause for 41.23% of homicidal deaths.
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