iarjmsIARJMSIARJMS2708-359410.47310/iarjms.2021.v02i02.009Pattern of Medicolegal Cases in a Tertiary Care Hospital in North IndiaAshokGuptaBholaKumarSinghAssistant Professor, Dept. of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Career Institute of Medical Sciences & Hospital, Lucknow -226020, IndiaProfessor & Head, Dept. of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Career Institute of Medical Sciences & Hospital, Lucknow -226020, IndiaKnowledge of medico-legal cases is of paramount importance both to the doctors and law enforcement agencies so that corresponding arrangements can be made to deal with them and preventive and corrective measures can be taken to reduce the number of such medico-legal cases. Hence, this study was conducted to know the incidence and pattern of medico-legal cases reported to the casualty / emergency department of Career Institute of Medical Sciences and Hospital (CIMSH), Lucknow for a period of 4.5 years. This is a retrospective study in which total 751 medico-legal cases were studied. In our study, there was predominance of males (79.49%) over females (20.50%) with a ratio of 3.88:1. The most frequently affected age group was 21 – 30 years (32.75%) followed by cases from age group 11 – 20 years (22.23%) and 31 – 40 years (19.70%). The road traffic accidents (RTAs) were responsible for the majority of medico-legal cases (70.03%) followed by cases of fall (12.91%).