Abstract: Background: There is phenomenal increase in medico-legal cases all over the world and India is not an exception to it. India being a third world country, medico-legal cases is a huge burden to the health care system. Barak valley is the southern part of Assam mainly comprising of three districts Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi. Patients from not only these three districts but also from the neighboring states like Mizoram, Meghalaya, Tripura and Manipur are taken care at the tertiary care center, Silchar Medical College of Cachar district.
Materials and Methods: A record based retrospective study was done at tertiary care center Silchar Medical College, Cachar. Only cases reported during the period of 1st Jan 2017 to 31st Dec 2019 were analyzed. Incomplete records and those found non medico-legal Cases were excluded. Results are expressed by various methods of descriptive statistics and analysis was done.
Results: A total number of 40,855 cases were recorded from 2017 to 2019 and following things were observed. In 2017, number of cases noted was 13,441, out of which 9,544 cases were from Cachar; 2,748 cases were from Karimganj and 1,416 cases were from Hailakandi. In 2018, number of cases noted was 13,398, out of which 9,415 cases were from Cachar; 2,467 cases were from Karimganj and 1,212 cases were from Hailakandi. In 2019, number of cases noted were 14,016, out of which, 8,752 cases were from Cachar, 2,154 cases were from Karimganj and 2,536 cases were from Hailakandi.
Conclusion: There is an increase in the trend of medico-legal cases from the last three years. Most of the victims were between age group of 20-30 years. Road Traffic Accident was the major cause of medico-legal cases, followed by physical assault.
