Methods: This was a cross-sectional study on 3105 registered cases in medico legal record
of the casualty department of Benazir Bhutto hospital, Rawalpindi from January 2015 to
December 2015. The hospital is located on the main road in densely populated central area
of the city. The data wascollected on age, sex, month-wise distribution of various medico
legal cases, weapon inflicting the injury, blunt trauma or physical assault, firearm injuries
and road traffic accidents. The data thus obtained was analyzed using SPSS; observations …

Objectives: Medico legal cases are essential component of medical practice and comprise
most important constituent of emergencies. The reporting of such cases is imperative to
recognize their socioeconomic burden on any country. The present study was conducted to
scrutinize different categories of medico legal cases and characteristics of the victims at
casualty department of tertiary care hospital Rawalpindi. The objective of the study was to
find out the frequency of various categories of medico legal cases and major characteristics …