It is a retrospective study of homicidal deaths brought for Medico Legal Autopsy at the Forensic Medicine Department, M.P. Shah Medical College, Jamnagar, Gujarat (India) during the five year period from 2000 through 2004. This medical college is one of the most reputed & oldest post graduates institute & it caters over a vast region comprising of more than 6-7 districts of western part of the state. The study was carried out from the post mortem reports, police inquest papers, dead body challans, etc. available & details were also noted down from case history obtained from the relatives, eye...