Sharp Cut Injuries and Legal Issues

 Sharp Cut Injuries and Legal Issues

There have been many cases which were decided by Hon'ble Supreme Court on 29 September 2006.

It has been commented at page 3 of Kailash v State of Madhya Pradesh [2006] GCtR 2715 (SC) thus : - 

"The place of injury was on the parietal region. In certain situations, the wounds, produced by a blunt instrument, may simulate appearances of an incised wound. It was so stated in Glaister and Rentoul’s Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology in the following terms : - 

"Under certain circumstances, and in certain situations on the body, wounds produced by a blunt instrument may simulate the appearances of an incised wound. These wounds are usually found over bone which is thinly covered with tissue, in the regions of the head, forehead, eyebrow, cheek, and lower jaw, among others. When such a wound exposes hair-bulbs at its edges, it is possible by examining these carefully to decide whether they have been cut or crushed and thus establish whether the wound was caused by a sharp or blunt instrument. As a rule, especially in the living subject, a wound produced by a blunt instrument will disclose some degree of bruising and swelling of the edges and the deeper tissues will be less cleanly severed than when divided by a sharp-cutting instrument."

Kindly note that full text Judgments of Hon'ble Supreme Court can be downloaded absolutely free of cost from the official website at the link https://main.sci.gov.in/judgments - Then entering the date of Judgment for example as 29 September 2006.

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