DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC MEDICINE

AMALTAS INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, DEWAS

No. …………/AIMS/FM/MLC/ PM. No. -2204/110 Raipur, Dated 18 /10 /2023

To,
The Superintendent of Police / The Station Officer
Distt.- Dewas/ P.S. – BNP, Dewas
Dewas (M.P.)

Subject :- Examination of bones in connection with marg No. ………………...of

deceased ……………………. S/o ……………….. of P.S. - BNP.
Reference :- Your Letter No. …………………………………. Dated 17/10/2023.

Received a sealed packet bearing legible seal of P.S. (sample of seal

received) having a slip sticking over written as tIrh eseks] tIrh fnukad -------------------------------]
e`rd ------------------------------------------] lkexzh dk uke& gfM~M;kW] iapksa ds uke ,oa gLrk{kj------------------------------------------
---- iqfyl vf/kdkjh dkuke ,oa gLrk{kj------------------------------------------------- From P.C.
…………………….. No. ……………………….. P.S. ……………… on
17/10/2022 in the department. Brought by Constable …………………………. No.
………………

On opening the packet, it was found containing following bones -

Skull – with or without mandible. If mandible present fits well with skull or not.
Articulated with other bones or separate. Clean/dirty/muddy/soiled/
Soft tissues present or not if present dried/decomposed.
Intact or Burnt or fractured or broken at any region. If fractured or broken
available bone borders regular or irregular. Fracture or broken effect antemortem
or postmortem.
Male or Female Characters findings.
Sutures – whether fused/nearly fused/obliterated/approximated. Transluscency
seen or not. Porosity present on not. Osteophytic changes present or not.
Comparatively heavy or light. Muscular markings prominent or not.
Masoid Process – ………….. Base of sphenoid -………………….
Glabella prominent or not. Orbit – ………………Race – Mandible or cephalic
index etc. Palatte – …………………..
Age Estimation from skull – Findings –Teeth & sutures.
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Dental Formula –
Right Side Left Side
0 √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ 0
8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
0 √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ 0

Index :
(√ ) – Tooth present, fully erupted.
(0) – Tooth within the Socket.
Attrition on tooth present or not if present mild, moderate or severe.
Translucency present on teeth or not.

Ribs – Male female characters finding, number of bones present from each side.
Comparative wide or not, light or heavy, smooth or rough, muscular markings.

Vertebrae – Male female characters findings, total number of vertebrae found. All
24 vertebrae present. Cervical – 07, thoracic – 12 and lumbar -5 present. Slight
flattening present in lumbar & lower thoracic vertebrae bodies.

Sternum - Body of sternum present. All body part fused. Male female characters
findings.

Clavicle – 02 present, one of each side, length - ………….. cm, both ends fused or
not. Male female characters findings.

Scapula – 02 present, one of each side, All centres fused. Male female characters
findings. Vertical diameter of glenoid cavity is --------- cm. Margin of glenoid
cavity is slightly sharpened. Base of spine shows triangle formation. Slight
translucency present in supraspinatous and infraspinatous area.

Pelvis – Male female characters findings. Both side hip bones and sacrum present.
Both iliac fossae slightly translucent. All centres fused or not. Pubic symphyseal
surface smoothened with slight prominence of margins & ends. Body of sacrum
fused or not. Slight flattening of upper body of sacrum present.

Long Bones – Total ……… long bones present. ……….. bone absent. All
available long bones’ centres fused.

Femur – 02 in number present, one of each side, 17 inches long.

Tibia - 02 in number present, one of each side, 14.8 inches long.
Fibula - 02 in number present, one of each side, 14.2 inches long.
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Humerus - 02 in number present, one of each side, 12.4 inches long.

Radius – 01 in number present, 10.2 inches long.
Ulna - 02 in number present, one of each side, 11.1 inches long.

Few small bones of hand and feet also present.

All bones in general are stout, heavy or light and have prominent or less
prominent muscular markings. Typical male or female bones’ characters. The
respective bones of body are showing identical characters. Medullary canal of long
bones also is wide or narrow. Their cortex is thick or thin.

Preservation –
1. Right Clavicle bone preserved for DNA profiling.
2. Right Tibia bone preserved for Diatom test.
3. Available part of soft tissues preserved in saturated common salt
solution for chemical analysis.

Above mentioned articles preserved, sealed, labeled & handed over to P.C.
concerned along with their sample of seal.

Rest bones kept for boiling, cleaning, drying for further examination in the
department on 18.10.2022.

Sign :
Name :
Post :
Office Name :
Date :

Bones were boiled, cleaned, dried and further examined in the department on
…………………………………..
No additive features of medicolegal significance could be observed.
Opinion –
1. Morphologically bones show human bones’ characters.
2. Sex – Bones are showing typical male bones’ characters.
3. Age at death – About…………………………..
4.

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5. Stature – …………………………………….
6. Cause of death & duration of death could not be determined.
7. Bones show broken effects but whether these broken effects were caused
during life or after death, could not be determined.

Enclosed : As above.

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 Formula for Estimation of Stature

Multiplication Factors

S.No. Bone PAN (1924) Hindus of Bengal

Bihar and Odisha
Males Females
01 Humerus 5.31 5.31
02 Radius 6.78 6.7
03 Ulna 6.00 6.0
04 Femur 3.82 3.08
05 Tibia 4.49 4.46
06 Fibula 4.46 4.43

S.No. Bone Nat (1931) Residents of United

Provinces (Uttar Pradesh)
Males
01 Humerus 5.3
02 Radius 6.9
03 Ulna 6.3
04 Femur 3.7
05 Tibia 4.48
06 Fibula 4.48