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JOURNAL OF Punjab Academy of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology ISSN: 0972-5687 Volume: 19, Number: 02 July to December Publication: Half Yearly 2019 Editor-in-Chief Dr. Parmod Kumar Goyal A Peer Reviewed Journal on Forensic Medicine, Toxicology, Analytical Toxicology, Forensic Science, Environmental Pollution, Forensic Pathology, Clinical Forensic Medicine, Identiication, Legal Medicine, State Medicine, Medical Jurisprudence, Medical Ethics, Forensic Nursing, Forensic Odontology, Forensic Anthropology, Forensic Psychiatry and other Allied branches of Medicine and Science dedicated to administration of Justice. Place of Publication: Bathinda (Punjab) India • Indexed with Index Copernicus (Poland), Scopus (Elsevier Products), IndMed (ICMR New Delhi), Safetylit, Worldcat Library & WHO Hinari • JPAFMAT is also having PubMed/NLM catalogue number (NLM Unique ID: 101232466). • Available online at Indian Journals.com, pafmat.org and pafmat.com • UGC Approved (as per UGC care list) J Punjab Acad Forensic Med Toxicol 2019;19 (2) ISSN : 0972-5687 PUNJAB ACADEMY OF FORENSIC MEDICINE AND TOXICOLOGY (Registration No. 139 / 1998-99, Chandigarh) HO: Department of Forensic Medicine, Govt. Medical College Patiala (Punjab) 147001 GOVERNING COUNCIL (2019 - 2021) President General Secretary Joint Secretary Dr. D. S. Bhullar Dr. Akashdeep Aggarwal Dr. Didar Singh Walia Finance Secretary Vice President Web Master Dr. Shilekh Mittal Dr. Rajiv Joshi Dr. Dildar Singh Editor-in-Chief Joint Editor Assistant Editor Dr. Parmod Kumar Goyal Dr. Amandeep Singh Dr. Satinder Pal Singh Executive Members Dr. Ashok Chanana Dr. Preetinder S. Chahal Dr. Amit Singla Dr. Ishwar Tayal Dr. Puneet Khurana Dr. Ashwani Kumar Dr. Dasari Harish Dr. Ajay Kumar Dr. Deep Rattan Mittal Advisors Dr. O.P. Aggarwal Dr. Gurmanjit Singh Dr. R.K. Gorea Dr. S.S. Oberoi Dr. K.K. Aggarwal Dr. Vijaypal Khanagwal Dr. Balbir Kaur Dr. R.K. Sharma Special Invitee Dr. Adish Goyal Dr. Mukul Chopra FOUNDER GOVERNING COUNCIL OF PAFMAT Patron President Executive Members Dr Jagdish Gargi Dr. R. K. Gorea Dr A S Thind, Vice President Dr Jagjiv Sharma, Advisors Dr. D. S. Bhullar Dr Kuldeep Kumar, Dr J. S. Dalal Secretary Dr I. S. Bagga, Dr Harish Tuli Dr. Sat Pal Garg Dr Baljit Singh Dr Maj. Gen (Rtd.) Ajit Singh Treasurer Dr. Nirmal Dass J Punjab Acad Forensic Med Toxicol 2019;19 (2) ISSN : 0972-5687 From the Desk of Editor-in-Chief I am pleased to present the second issue of the year 2019 of Journal of Punjab Academy of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology. I am thankful to the authors and contributors for the scientific articles and research papers which are being published in this issue. I am also thankful to the editorial team for supporting me in its publication and the members of the Academy for giving me another chance to serve as Editor-in-Chief of the journal for the second term. My special thanks to Joint Editor Dr Amandeep Singh and Assistant Editor Dr Satinder Pal Singh for their support and sincere efforts for timely publication and release of this issue. The Journal publishes original research papers, review articles, case reports and review of books on Forensic Medicine and Toxicology. The Journal highlights the achievements of the academy and its members. This journal is meant for achieving the aims and goals of the academy to expand the academic activities, spread the knowledge and latest research in the field of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology. Website of the academy and journal can be accessed at pafmat.org. Authors can submit their papers by creating a user name and password on this site. The new website was officially launched on 17th November 2018 during the occasion of annual conference on Punjab Academy of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology . The Academy is very thankful to Dr Imran Sabri,Saudi Arabia for helping in designing and maintaining the new website, which is a mandatory requirement for PubMed indexing of the journal. Editorial team is trying their best for upgrading the indexing of the journal. However we need help for learned faculty for PubMed indexing of the journal. Any suggestions and advice for further improving the standards and quality of the journal will be highly appreciated and may be sent to me through email or my whattsapp no. 9876005211. ISSN Numbers: that it is not being considered for publication elsewhere. ISSN-L: 0972-5687, p-ISSN: 0972-5687, e-ISSN: 0974- Submission of multi-authored paper implies that the consent of 083X. each author has been taken. Researchers/Authors should adhere to publication requirements that submitted work is Indexed with: original, not plagiarized, ethical and has not been published IndexCopernicushttp://journals.indexcopernicus.com/karta.p hp?id=4715 elsewhere. Every effort has been made not to publish any inaccurate or Scopus (SCI): misleading information. However, the Editor-in-Chief, the http://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=199001949 Joint Editor or any member of the editorial committee accept 14&ip=sid&clean=0 no liability in consequences of any such publications. For any further information/query please contact with Editor-in-Chief. Volume of Distribution: 300 copies. Funding Bodies: Punjab Academy of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Donations from Philanthropists and manuscript handling charges Address for submission of articles Online (Soft Copy): Dr Parmod Goyal [email protected], [email protected] Professor & Head (Forensic Medicine) Coordinator, Medical Education Unit Member Secretary,Ethics Committee,Adesh University Copyright: Member, Curriculum Committee No part of this publication may be reprinted or republished Convener, BOS(PG) Adesh University, Bathinda without the prior permission of Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Coordinator, Body Donation Programme FAIMER 2013, ACME 2015 Punjab Academy of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology. Editor in Chief, Journal of Punjab Academy of Forensic Submission of all papers to the journal is understood to imply Medicine and Toxicology (JPAFMAT) Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Bathinda 1 JOURNAL OF Punjab Academy of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology ISSN: 0972-5687 Volume: 19, Number: 02 July to December Publication: Half Yearly Contents *From the Desk of Editor-in-Chief 1 *Contents 2-4 * Editorial : Travelling Between The Lines : Transgenders Study In Global Perspective 5-14 Manoj Kumar Pathak, Rohini, Srishti Rai *Original Research Papers 1. Socio-demographic Pattern and Physical Features of Firearm Injury Cases : 15-20 A Clinical Forensic Medicine Study Shekhar Chumber, Ashok Chanana, Kuldip Kumar 2. Ten years retrospective study of deaths due to poisoning 21-25 Kamaljeet Singh, Ashok Chanana, Kuldip Kumar, Manpreet Kaul, Jaspinder Pratap Singh 3. Ten Years Autopsy Study of Violent Asphyxial Deaths 26-31 Manoj Kumar Sharma, Ashok Chanana, Kuldip Kumar , Manpreet Kaul 4. Persistent Metopic Suture in Adult Cadaveric Dry Skulls of Coastal Karnataka 32-35 Lydia S. Andrade, Chandni Gupta, Sneha Guruprasad Kalthur 5. A Comparative Study of Hanging and Strangulation Cases in Agra Region 36-39 Tarun Kumar Singh, Ajay Agarwal, Jaswinder Singh, Vijay Kumar, Richa Gupta 6. Dactylographic Pattern in Relation to ABO, Rh Blood Group and Gender 40-42 among Medical Students in Navi Mumbai Amit Patil, Swati Sonawane, Somshekhar Sharma 7. Pattern of Suicidal Burn Deaths Autopsied at Central Delhi Tertiary Care Hospital 43-47 Amandeep Kaur, Monisha Pradhan 8. Anthropometric Measurements of Adult Human Skull for Determination of Sex and 48-52 Stature in a population sample from Haryana state (India) Surinder Singh Oberoi, Akash Deep Aggarwal, Didar Singh Walia 9. Impact of Methamphetamine on the life cycle stages of two forensically 53-56 important flies in AL-Diwaneyah City Hussein R. Mahmood, Malik Ali Kareem 10. Investigation of Demographic Variables and Types of Suspension in Suicidal Hanging 57-61 Azadeh Memarian, Kamran Aghakhani, Babak Soltani, Siamak Soltani, 11. Paediatric Autopsy Study at G B Pant Hospital, ANIIMS, Port Blair, 62-66 Andaman & Nicobar Islands Siddesh Revpla Channabasappa, Udayashankar Yadiyapur 12. Assessment of Sexual Dimorphism of Teeth by Dental Indices 67-72 Shakthi Dorai, N. Srikant, Karen Boaz, Amitha J Lewis, Shweta Yellapurkar, Nidhin Philip Jose 13. Analysis of death in burn cases with special reference to age, sex and complications 73-75 Yogesh Sharma, Ashish Kumar Garg 14. Physicians' Awareness towards Forensic Psychiatry, a Survey of Physicians who 76-79 Work in an Iranian General Hospital Azadeh Memarian, Seyed Mehdi Saberi, Kamran Aghakhani, leyla Abdolkarimi, Siamak Soltanti, Arezoo Amiri 2 JOURNAL OF Punjab Academy of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology ISSN: 0972-5687 Volume: 19, Number: 02 July to December Publication: Half Yearly Contents 15. Epidemiological study of Suicide in Siliguri Commissionerate, Darjeeling 80-84 Amit Sarkar, Rajib Prasad, Priyankar Roy, Vivek Kumar, Saikat Saha, Prabir Kumar, Gautam Kumar 16. Sex determination based on thyroid cartilage parameters in Iranian population 85-89 Siamak Soltani, Hanieh Saboori Shekofte, Abbas Aghabiklooei, Mohammad Javad Hedayatshode 17. The use of water quality Index (Canadian model) to determine the validity of the 90-93 River of Al-Diwaniyah - Iraq for Irrigation Ahmed Mahmoud Falih-Al-Khalidi, Raid Kadhim Abed Al-Asady 18. Decay in Intact DNA Recovery in Semen Samples Kept at Room Temperature 94-96 Imran Sabri, Jawed Ahmad Usmani, Shaukat Arif Hanif, Asadullah Khan 19. Prevalence and Extent of Coronary Atherosclerosis and Its 97-101 Correlation with Obesity in a Female Population