Living together in heaven: A case report of suicidal pact of loving couple

SHATRUHAN SINGH SHYAM 1, *, PRAVEEN KUMAR SONI 1, RAJESH MISHRA 2 and T.L. CHANDRA 3

1 Scientific Officer, Regional forensic Science Laboratory, Home (Police) Department, Govt. of C.G., Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh
2 Director, State forensic Science Laboratory Home (Police) Department, Govt. of C.G., Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
3 Joint Director, State forensic Science Laboratory, Home (Police) Department, Govt. of C.G., Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
 
Case Study
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2024, 21(01), 706–709
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2024.21.1.2669
 
Publication history: 
Received on 18 November 2023; revised on 01 January 2024; accepted on 04 January 2024
 
Abstract: 
The loving couple mentally decide to tie the knot to live together in heaven in optimism thinking that to be the real world for them. A loving couple age around 18 year, wanted to live together by fear of being opposed from both the families as they belonging to different caste, the loving couple disappointed to leave the world for heavenly abode. Subsequently tied together with a single ligature material dupatta and hung them from the branch of a tamarind tree. The inspection of spot of occurrence in undisturbed condition, coupled with PM report and chemical analysis from SFSL report could confirm the death of the loving couple was pact of suicidal hanging. This present report highlights the death of loving couple with the crime scene examination. Being a forensic expert, we visited the crime scene to differentiate the suicidal pact and homicidal death.
 
Keywords: 
Loving Couple; Forensic Expert; Hanging; Ligature mark; Suicidal Pac
 
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