• During the preparation of MLC report the doctors should keep in mind that he has to provide clue about the weapon used is sharp edged one or otherwise, the direction of the force ,the duration of injury, and the location of the wound which may suggest mode of production i.e. suicide, accident, homicides along with whether the injury is fabricated or otherwise
• The wounds produced by a blunt weapon or by a fall on the hard surface, object, on tense structures/skin covering the bones, such as the scalp, eyebrow, iliac crest, shin, perineum, knee or elbow when the limb is flexed looks like incised wound however it is lacerated wound also called split laceration caused by blunt force and create confusion in the mind of doctor public and police official about sharp weapon.
• When the incised looking wounds are examined by doctor under magnifying lens the edges of such wounds are found to be irregular with bruising and wounds are produced by blunt weapon.
• The wounds which are also produced by pieces of glass, broken crockery has the characteristics of incised wounds but the edges appear parallel with one end of the wound an injury to a finger/body as a neatly incised laceration/split laceration or incised looking wound caused by broken glass “Neatly incised laceration is considered as incised wound and these broken glass as dangerous weapon.
• An incised wound, cut, slash, and slice is a clean cut through the skin may or may not underlying tissues and structures caused by sharp edged instruments, which is longer than the depth of wound. It is produced by infliction of an object having a sharp cutting edge such as knife, razor, blade, scalpel, sword over the body.
• The wounds produced by a blunt weapon or by a fall on the hard surface, object, on tense structures/skin covering the bones, such as the scalp, eyebrow, iliac crest, shin, perineum, knee or elbow when the limb is flexed looks like incised wound however it is lacerated wound also called split laceration caused by blunt force and create confusion in the mind of doctor public and police official about sharp weapon.
• When the incised looking wounds are examined by doctor under magnifying lens the edges of such wounds are found to be irregular with bruising and wounds are produced by blunt weapon.
• The wounds which are also produced by pieces of glass, broken crockery has the characteristics of incised wounds but the edges appear parallel with one end of the wound an injury to a finger/body as a neatly incised laceration/split laceration or incised looking wound caused by broken glass “Neatly incised laceration is considered as incised wound and these broken glass as dangerous weapon.
• An incised wound, cut, slash, and slice is a clean cut through the skin may or may not underlying tissues and structures caused by sharp edged instruments, which is longer than the depth of wound. It is produced by infliction of an object having a sharp cutting edge such as knife, razor, blade, scalpel, sword over the body.
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