KS Narayan Reddy's The Essentials of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, 36th Edition

KS Narayan Reddy's The Essentials of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, 36th Edition by KS Narayan Reddy (ed. Dharmaraya Ingale, Dileep Kumar KB), published by Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (2025). A Forensic Medicine & Toxicology book for 3rd Year MBBS (Part 1) students.

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From the publisher

KS Narayan Reddy's The Essentials of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, 36th Edition is our thoroughly updated and revised MBBS core textbook, prepared as per the Revised Competency-based Medical Education Curriculum (NMC) with every chapter opening against its own official FM competency codes. This edition is fully updated to India's new criminal codes - Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA) - replacing the earlier IPC/CrPC/Evidence Act framework throughout, including dedicated statutory-mapping tables that cross-reference BNS sections to the relevant subject and punishment.

We organize the book across 36 chapters in two sections - Forensic Medicine (23 chapters) and Toxicology (12 chapters) - followed by 14 appendices reproducing key medico-legal Acts (POCSO 2012, MTP 2021, PCPNDT 1994, Mental Healthcare Act 2017, THOTA) and ready-to-use legal-document formats: postmortem examination reports, wound certificates, medical certificates of cause of death, informed consent forms, age certificates, formats for examining dismembered remains, and sexual-violence examination reports.

Who This Book Is For:

• MBBS Students: we write this as a core NMC CBME-curriculum textbook for the Forensic Medicine & Toxicology course, with every chapter mapped directly to its official competency codes.

Why This Book Helps:

• Simplifies the new criminal law framework: our statutory-mapping tables translate the BNS/BNSS/BSA transition into clear, exam-ready reference tables instead of dense bare legal text.
• Builds case-law fluency: we embed real landmark medico-legal judgments (e.g. Jacob Mathew vs State of Punjab) as teaching "CASE" boxes directly within the relevant chapter topic.
• Prepares students for practical/OSCE stations: our sample legal-document formats and certificates double as ready references for clinical postings, viva, and OSCE/OSPE stations.
• Supports structured self-assessment: each chapter closes with a Concept Check of Long Essay, Short Essay, Short Answer, and Multiple Choice Questions with an answer key.

Key Features:

• Fully updated to the new BNS, BNSS, and BSA criminal codes, with statutory-mapping tables cross-referencing sections to subject and punishment.
• Every chapter opens with its official NMC CBME competency codes, keeping coverage directly aligned to the current curriculum.
• Real landmark case-law "CASE" boxes and comparative tables (e.g. professional negligence vs infamous conduct) throughout both the Forensic Medicine and Toxicology sections.
• 14 appendices with key medico-legal Acts (POCSO, MTP, PCPNDT, Mental Healthcare Act, THOTA) and ready-to-use sample legal-document formats and certificates.
• Chapter-end Concept Check (LAQ/SAQ/MCQ with answer keys) plus bundled Dr. Wise AI chatbot access and the diginerve app (video lectures, question bank, notes).