Introduction

Anthropology is dealt with the human being and is extensively used in the forensic identification. In this forensic identification, sex, race, stature and age of the person are determined. These features are used for the personal identification of person. Among these four features, stature is also most important feature. The determination of stature of deceased through the use of skeletal remains has become important evidence in the court of law. The stature of deceased is estimated in both cases criminal, and disasters where mass fatalities are found. Mass fatalities means the occurrence of death in the bulk due to accident like disaster, disease and war.

Stature refers to the height of dead body in standing position. Many researchers worked for this through which different methods have been established for the estimation of stature. As in 1899, Karl Pearson stated the regression equations for the determination of stature which were basically based on the population. Regression equation or formula is the equation that show the relation between two or more variables. In these variables, one is dependent variable and another one is independent variables.

After that many other methods were developed in this field. Through the estimation of stature, the anthropologist would be able to narrow down the identification during investigation. There are two methods for the determination of stature in forensic cases; anatomical and mathematical techniques. The relation between the stature and different body parts measurements were recognized by the researchers. Before making any decision, it is necessary to consider the other factors such as race, age and sex which impact the result as these factors vary according to the population as well as environment (Kamal and Yadav, 2016; Vardhan and Pandey, 2016; Verma and Mahmood, 2015)