Correspondence Address:
Dr. Mrunali Shegaonkar P.G. Scholar Govt. Ayurved College , Nagpur. Phone no: 9420058660 Email id: mrunalishegaonkar6@gmail.com
Date of Acceptance: 2022-12-12
Date of Publication:2022-12-30
Article-ID:IJIM_207_01_23 https://ijim.co.in
Source of Support: Nill
Conflict of Interest: None declared
How To Cite This Article: Shegaonkar M., Lambat R. Medicolegal Aspect of Infanticide: A Review. Int J Ind Med 2022;3(12):19-26
Ayurveda is a complete science of life. Agadtantra Evum Vidhi Vaidyaka is a branch of Ashtang Ayurveda which deals with toxicity as well as medical ethics and medicolegal aspect of every cases. Infanticide is killing of a child < 12 month of age. Infanticide is practiced in many countries. Most of the time infanticide was carried out by the family members of child. To identify whether the death of an infant is natural or criminally forensic science play a vital role. So this paper will involve a complete discussion of infanticide, the cause of death of an infant, identification of the age, whether it is born alive or not ,if born alive then to analyse the survival time and medicolegal aspect of infanticide.
Keywords: Agadtantra, infant, infanticide, medico legal aspect.
