Medico Legal Aspect of Rape

Authors

  • K Prosad Saha Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Comilla Medical College, Comilla
  • Monsur Rahman Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Rajshahi Medical College, Rajshahi.
  • Shohel Mahmud Lecturer, Department of Forensic Medicine, Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka.
  • Abul Monsur Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College, Sylhet.
  • PK Chakrabarty Professor & Head, Department of Forensic Medicine, Comilla Medical College, Comilla.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/taj.v22i1.5030

Keywords:

rape

Abstract

Rape is a serious sexual offence having social, psychological, physical and legal aspects of the problem. This study tried to evaluate the different aspects of profile of victims of rape cases. 76 rape victims were included in the study who attended in Forensic Medicine Department of Dhaka Medical College & Comilla Medical College for medico legal examination in the year 2006. Commonest age group of the rape victims were 16-20 years (55.26%). Getting sexual gratification was the main motive in most of the cases (73.68%), other motives were forceful marriage (6.58%), defamation (2.63%), etc. Unmarried girls (71.05%), low socio-economic back ground-poor (82.89%) and illiterate females (82.89%) were the main victim of rape.

Improvement of socio economic condition and literacy may be effective weapons to fight against this problem of our country.

DOI: 10.3329/taj.v22i1.5030

TAJ 2009; 22(1): 111-114

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How to Cite

Saha, K. P., Rahman, M., Mahmud, S., Monsur, A., & Chakrabarty, P. (2010). Medico Legal Aspect of Rape. TAJ: Journal of Teachers Association, 22(1), 111–114. https://doi.org/10.3329/taj.v22i1.5030

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 1 (2009)

Section

Original Articles