Forensic toxicology

The branch of toxicology that applies analytical chemistry, pharmacology and pathology to medico-legal questions, principally the detection, identification and quantitation of poisons, drugs and their metabolites in biological samples drawn at autopsy or from a living suspect or victim. The output is a written report admissible in an Indian court under Section 63 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023.