Chandel is that from the pattern of burnings it is possible that Asha Devi was burnt by third person. Similarly ... Mishra has opined that the pattern of the burn injuries over the body of the deceased was more towards homicidal burns. These opinions not only
extinguish the fire of deceased by putting a quilt over her. Burn injuries of the
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appellant were examined by Dr. R.N. Arya ... Niwar' tied around her left
arm, keeping in view the pattern of burns, he opined that the nature of death
was homicidal. Deceased
hence the appeal before this
Court by the grant of special leave.
Burn injuries are normally classified into three
degrees. The first being reddening ... skin and thus abrasions will have distinctive
patterns but in the event burn injury is a cause of death
60% cases of septicaemia
Sannamma vs State Of Karnataka By on 29 November, 2021
Author: G Narendar
Bench: G
inches and certain other burn injuries superficial over the shoulder, legs, and around thyroid cartilage superficial burn injuries were also found over right side ... advertence has already been made. The location of the serious burn injuries and their pattern would support an inference that some one threw kerosene from
oozing from the wound (electric burn marks and
entry wound of the current).
2. Rail road pattern bruise 6 CM X 2 CM with ... outer aspect. Two parallel reddish lines were
raised.
3. Lacerated perforated electric burn mark, margin were
irregular and everted 1.5 CM X 1 CM, colour
brown colour involving the
chest on either side caused by burn in identical pattern causing a butter
fly shaped wound is present. On cut section
injuries were found in the dead body :-
"Injury No.1 : Multiple burn injury present over the face, both shoulder, both upper
limbs & front ... aemia area present on healthy skin adjacent to the burn area.
Injury No. 2 : One patterned contusion present in back of chest, right side, oblique
basis of nature of wound of entry, tattooing and burning of
surrounding tissues alongwith tearing pattern of clothes at affected area,
PW-26 also opined
appearance, solubility and burning.
56. Although, the testimony of PW-23 is attacked on the ground that the quilt
of similar pattern & design
