at 10:00 a.m. His report is detailed and refers to cut lacerated wound over the vagina, anteriorly upto urethra, and the ruptured hymen. There was also soft tissue injury of the neck interiorly. 18. The report also states that the cause of death was asphyxia caused by strangulation and not due to drowning. To confirm the said position, PW-20 had conducted the lung floating test. The post mortem report states that the body was slightly decomposed and the skin had also peeled all over the body. Small and large intestines, as well as the lungs, were congested. The inquest panchnama (Exhibit P-2) records that the face seemed swollen and the skin on the body seemed to be torn here and there. It had also become black at some places. The body had swollen from neck to waist, and at some places the skin was torn and had turned black in colour. Similarly, legs had swollen and the skin had torn, turning black. The post mortem report (Exhibit P-11) records the time of death as 72-86 hours before the examination. This would corroborate with the prosecution version that R was raped and murdered on 28th December 2010. 19. To affirm our opinion as to the time of death we have studied the opinion expressed in Modi’s Textbook of Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology, 25th edition (2016), Chapter XV – ‘Post Mortem Changes and Time of Death’. At page 352, the treatise observes Criminal Appeal Nos. 1473-1474 of 2017 Page 17 of 30