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Introduction: Medico-legal post-mortem examinations are performed as mandatory legal procedures for establishing the cause of death for people dying in sudden, suspicious and unnatural circumstances. When COVID-19 came to India and Indian government declared a complete lockdown, the autopsy profile is changed. Aims & Objectives: Demographic study and effect of lockdown on autopsy profile. Methods: The present study is a retrospective study carried out in the Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, GRMC, Gwalior Madhya Pradesh during the period of 1st January 2020 to 31st December 2020 and analysis of a total of 2170 cases, brought to the mortuary for medico-legal autopsy examination. Later on, the effect of lockdown is evaluated on the autopsy profile. Result: The majority of victims were male 1571 (72.4%) cases and female 599 (27.6%) cases. The maximum number of post-mortem done in the age group 21-40 years was 1131 (52.12 %) cases and the minimum in the age group 0-10 year were 56 (02.58%) cases. Manners of death due to natural causes were 170 (07.8%) cases and unnatural 2000 (92.20%) cases. The Indian government declared a complete lockdown on the evening of 24 March 2020 for 21 days, which was further extended with some relaxation. Due to this event; the least number of autopsies was done in April (4.5%) which increased to its normal pattern by the end of June (10.6%). During this period i.e. April; there was a slight decrease in male victims (64.3%) and a slight increase in female victims (35.7%). Conclusion: This study was conducted to determine the effect of lockdown on the autopsy profile. Our study shows that the effects of lockdownwere majorly seen in April month and later on, there was almost no effect of l ockdown. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Fire is one of the greatest discoveries in the history of mankind. It fully transforms the way of living of humans. But just like a double edged sword it also affects the human life in a negative way. Fire is easy and dangerous weapon in kitchen to be used for suicide for females in developing country like India. Due to this, thermal burn is a big problem and have significant share in medico-legal autopsies. Aim and objective: The aim of present study is to provide a brief analysis of thermal burn mortality across all age group brought in the mortuary of GRMC, Gwalior and to study the various medico-legal aspects of fatal thermal burn cases. Material & Method: This is a retrospective analysis of 82 cases of thermal burns which were brought for medicolegal autopsy at Forensic Medicine & Toxicology department in Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) during the whole year. The data was complied, tabulated and analysed statistically. Results: 3.6% of total medico-legal autopsies are of thermal burn. Most of the thermal burn cases fall in the age group of 21-30years. 57.3% victims are female.81.1% of the victims are married. Most of the victims (64.6%) showed total body surface area involvement between 71-100%. Most of the cases (39%) survived for 7 days or more. Most common cause of death (74.4%) in this study is Septicaemia. About 69.5% of thermal burn cases were accidental manner. Conclusion: In most of the cases thermal burn is totally preventable and manageable. Education at school level plays a key role. Most of the accidental thermal burns can be avoided if, people know the proper safety measures for using fuels for cooking. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]