H Mental illness, Epilepsy (fits), Alcohol, Organophosphorus poisoning and Drug Abuse 1993-2018 ,u ,p vkj lh % iPphl o’kZ&vla[; vk’kk,a Nhrc : Twenty Five Years-billion Hopes 63 If a mentally ill person can be retained in jail? As per the NHRC directions, no mentally ill person should be permitted to be continued in any jail. If any mentally ill person is detained in jails and NHRC invariably in every such case will award compensation to the mentally ill persons or members of the family. 64. If a patient suffering from psychiatric illness may die due to infection? The cause of death in such case could be septicaemia consequent to lungs infection and bed sores which are possible complications in a psychiatric patient suffering from psycho-affective disorder whose insight is deranged and food intake is irregular. 65. What are the prohibited procedures not to be done on mentally ill person as per the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017? These are (a) Electro-convulsive therapy without the use of muscle relaxants and anaesthesia; (b) Electro-convulsive therapy for minors; (C) Sterilisation of men or women, when such sterilisation is intended as a treatment for mental illness; (d) Chained in any manner or form whatsoever 66. Whether the cause of death may remain undetermined in deaths associated with epilepsy? Yes, cardiac pathologic conditions indicative of myocardial injury have been reported in association with sudden unexplained death in epileptic patients as well. In patients with no signi icant coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction can occur following seizure activity, especially in patients with lower myocardial functional reserve. However, the victim of seizure disorder may die with no apparent immediate cause and the mechanism is obscure. FORENSIC INVESTIGATION | 51