POST MORTEM REPORT OF A DECEASED

POST MORTEM REPORT OF ONE DECEASED

                                                          PROBABLY

 (Name and address of the Doctor) appeared as PW-16 and he deposed that while his duty on 00.00.0000; at 12-mid day, he conducted the post mortem examination on the dead body of (Name and parentage, age and address of the deceased). His dead body was brought by constables on 00.00.0000; at 00.00 p.m. and was identified by (name of the identifiers) The time of death according to death certificate No.000000 issued by CMO (name of the hospital) was 00.00 p.m. on 00.00.0000.

EXTERNAL APPEARANCE:

                   It was a dead body of young male child of healthy built appeared to be of stated age having body length 115 cm face pale, eyes and mouth closed, blood coming through nostril. It was clad in light green shirt,  bunyan,  brown trouser. Clothes were blood stained. Clothes removed, signed and handed over to police. Shirt and buniyan having corresponding hole. Rigor mortis was fully developed; faint and fixed, hypothesis was present on back in between areas of contact flattening. Body was cold to touch due to refrigeration in the department.

EXTERNAL INJURIES:

INJURY No.1-A:

                   A lacerated wound 1 x 3.5 cm going deep with inverted margins present on left mid chest 2.8 cm below left nipple at 5’O clock position 8 cm to midline an area of tattooing was present on left front upper arm. Another area of tattooing also present left upper chest 5 x 6 cm below left anterior axillary fold (entry).

INJURY No.1-B:

                   A lacerated wound 0.5 X 0.7 cm with averted margins present on right outer upper chest 8 cm below right anterior axillary’s fold 5.3 cm from right nipple at 8’O clock position.

DISSECTION:

                   Under injury No.1-A, the projectile entered the left chest cavity after bruising and lacerating left fifth intercostals space perforated left lung, posterior part of heart along with pericardium diaphragm and left upper lower of liver and entered right chest cavity perforated right lung and came out through injury No.1-B after perforating right rib and lacerating sixth intercostals space. Both cavities one liter fluid blood in each. A metallic shaped metallic (jacket) received from left chest cavity handed over to police in sealed bottle.

HEAD:

                   Scalp, skull bones, brain and meninges were healthy.

ABDOMEN:

                   All the visras of abdomen were healthy. Stomach contains fully digested food and urinary bladder was full of urine.

OPINION:

                   The injuries stated above were ante mortem and were caused by firearm weapon. The cause of death in this case was damaged to both lungs, heart, liver under injury No.1 leading to hemorrhage shock and death. This injury is sufficient to cause death in ordinary court of nature.

                   The probable time elapsed between injury and death was 0 to 15 minutes and between death and post mortem examination was 17 to 24 hours. After post mortem, the dead body along with carbon copy of PMR, police papers, last worn clothes, one sealed box, all signed handed over to police. Carbon copy of PMR is Ex.PW-5 is correct carbon copy and same was written and signed by him Ex.PW-5/A shows pictorial diagrams showing the location of injuries. During cross- examination he deposed that he was not in a position to tell as to whether the injury was self suffered or not.