The
extent and severity of violence or force used may be determined from the size
and swelling of bruise
- The examining
doctor must document the dimension/shape/size of bruise in the medicolegal
report as it may connect the victim and the object or weapon used in the
specific case, e.g., chain, cane stick, rifle butt, boots, ligature,
vehicle etc.
- The age of
injury can be detected by the status of color of bruise; the extent and
severity of violence or force used may be determined from the size and
swelling of bruise; character and manner of the injury may be known from
its distribution over the body.
- Bruising of the
arm may indicate restraining of the victim.
- Bruising of the
shoulder blades indicates firm pressure on the body against the ground or
other resisting surface.
- In manual strangulation,
the position and number of bruises and nail marks may indicate the method
of attack and the position of the assailant.
- Patterned
bruises on chest/neck and mouth are very important in diagnosing
resuscitative injury in medicolegal cases, which may be invariably
misconstrued by the doctor as indicative of manual
strangulation/smothering.
- Patterned
bruises are an important tool to diagnose torture injury and very commonly
appreciated in sole/flexor aspect of hands/buttock and back of thighs by doctors.
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