result of burn injuries. The body was found in a pugilistic attitude.
9. The evidence of the two witnesses mentioned above ... caused by blunt object. He has explained that pugilistic attitude is arrived after getting extensive heat for a long period and after the coagulations
superficial burns;
O dead body was at the stage of pugilistic boxer attitude,
singling of hairs;
O redline not present between burnt and un-burnt ... Modi's Medical Jurisprudence and
Toxicology relating to presence of pugilistic boxer attitude
of the dead body which is suggestive of the fact that
following ante-mortem injuries:
Whole body burnt from ante-mortem burns. Pugilistic attitude seen. Tongue protruded. Froth was coming out from nostrils. Eyes were closed ... ante-mortem burns, and the body was found in a pugilistic posture and that sooty particles were seen in the trachea and lungs
mouth were partly open. Tongue was between teeth. The body had pugilistic appearance. Smell of kerosene was present. Rigor mortis was also present. There ... deceased was burnt and it was so badly charred that it gave pugilistic appearance. Resultantly, no signs of such bleeding injury could be noted
post-mortem are:-
"External examination- average body built female, pugilistic appearance, redness present, eyes closed, mouth closed.
Ante time injuries-
Superficial to deep burn ... Singh, P.S-Afjalgarh. The appearance of the body mentioned as 'pugilistic' with redness was explained
mention that the bodies started rigor mortise and instead wrote pugilistic attitude of the dead bodies.
16. Constable Hariram Bharti, was examined ... mention that the bodies started rigor mortis and instead wrote pugilistic attitude of the dead bodies. In that regard it may be mentioned that rigor
decomposed state. He also stated that he found the
body was displaying pugilistic attitude. The post
mortem was conducted between ... specifically stated in
his evidence that the body was displaying a pugilistic
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attitude
between teeth
and the lips are swollen and averted. The body has pugilistic aptitude.
There is postmortem burn injury on anterior and posterior aspect ... cross-
examination that the dead body was lying in pugilistic aptitude on the ground.
Prosecution had brought on record the report of forensic science
laboratory
presence of the traces of
barbiturates in the visra and the pugilistic posture of the
dead body as revealed from the photographs of the dead
deceased Chethana shows the following
important features -
"Body is in a pugilistic attitude, (ii) smell of
Kerosene emanating from the body, (iii)
swollen tongue ... Mahaveer
reveals the following important features-
A. i) Body is in a pugilistic attitude, (ii)
smell of kerosene emanating from the body,
(iii) intestine protruding
