Case Report: Forensic Examination in Sexual Violence Cases

Sexual violence is any sexual act, attempt to obtain a sexual act, or other act directed against a person’s sexuality using coercion, by any person regardless of their relationship to the victim, in any setting. In Indonesia, 88% of violence cases reported to Komnas Perempuan are sexual violence. This case report applied a normative-empirical legal research method focused on the implementation of these provisions and positive law. The result from the study found out that it was reported that the victim (26 years and 6 months old) was sexually violented by the perpetrator (the victim’s boyfriend) in an apartment near the victim’s home. The results of the examination by forensic experts at the Regional General Hospital Dr Chasbullah Abdulmadjid Bekasi City found five old hymenal laceration and a scar from a sectio caesarean surgery due to pregnancy caused by sexual violence. Doctors conducted a thorough examination to determine the presence of sexual violence, beginning with a history, followed by a physical examination and supporting examinations. Sexual violence is a criminal offense under the Criminal Code 284, 285, 286 and 291 and Law No. 12 of 2022. In sexual violence cases, doctors play an important role in collecting evidence. In this case, the presence of genital trauma in the form of a hymenal laceration and a previous sectio caesarea surgery scar indicates sexual violence.