Sexual assault is prevalent in our society & is usually unwitnessed & prosecution needs support of laboratory evidence in the court room. Simple laboratory methods with lapse of time may fail to collect evidences but Better staining techniques, chemical analysis & applications of molecular pathology are now able to bring positive proof against the assailants in the court room.

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Dr Ganesh Kumar

Asstt. Prof. (Path.) PMC Dhanbad