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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