One of the most important applications of forensic entomology is Postmortem Interval (PMI) estimation. Insects are of significant importance in case of badly decomposed and unidentified remains and with an undetermined time of death. Insects are attracted to a body immediately after death, often within minutes. In this study an effort has been made to calculate Postmortem Interval of mummified body of a female by utilizing insect evidence. The body was recovered from the rice field of village Kakrala, Police Station Ghagga, District Patiala, Punjab, India on 26 October 2014. Blow flies of family Calliphoridae i.e. Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) and Chrysomya rufifacies (Macquart), their immature stages (eggs and pupae) and adult beetles of family Dermestidae i.e Dermestes maculatus were collected from the body. Average temperature and relative humidity was calculated from the Meteorological Department of Punjabi University, Patiala. Identification of insects was carried out in the Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala. Postmortem Interval is calculated by utilizing ADH method.
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