aUTHOR’S NOTE 1993-2018 ,u ,p vkj lh % iPphl o’kZ&vla[; vk’kk,a Nhrc : Twenty Five Years-billion Hopes This book titled “Forensic Investigation of Health Rights Violation in custody”has been prepared to assist different investigators like police, judicial of icers, NHRC medical investigation team, forensic experts involved in investigations of NHRC cases, the doctors providing treatment to the custodial patients and the doctors conducting post-mortem in cases of custodial deaths. An a t te m p t h a s b e e n m a de t h ro u gh t h i s b oo k to acknowledge the health rights of the prisoner, by making all the stakeholders understand the role played by different dynamics in health care system an attempt has being made through this booklet to make all the stakeholders understand the various dynamics playing role in providing healthcare services. Although it is very dif icult to include and elaborate on all the issues, but effort has been made to include maximum topics of interest in forensic investigation relevant to health rights violation. Framing of quality questions by the investigators has signi icant bearing on the forensic investigations of health rights violation in custody. It is expected that the knowledge of the issues included in this book would bridge the existing knowledge gap among the various stakeholders and investigators would ind themselves better placed in framing quality questions to keep the investigation on right track. The frequently asked query section may not answer all the queries but these are based on the authors own experience during such investigations and the response may vary according to the case speci ics. Regarding any guidelines and their modi ications which may be included in this booklet, the clinicians are advised to be appraised by their own professional literature. Suggestions in this book are not meant to be exhaustive or conclusive. Users should test their practicalityin their own day-to-day work. I hope the topics covered would further instil sense of scienti ic enquiry among readers in furtherance of our constitutional mandate to protect and promote health rights of those in custody. Besides this, the book will of use for short term internship program conducted at NHRC. I also believe that doctors providing health care services would also ind the book useful in curtailing the events of health rights violation in custody. Dr. Arvind Kumar FORENSIC INVESTIGATION | IX