Pattern and Nature of Fatal Blunt Force Homicidal Injuries and Its Correlation with the Weapon

Blunt force trauma or blunt injury is a Physical / Mechanical injury which is non- penetrating or penetrating in nature characteristic of a weapon / instrument / object which is not sharp. The word denotes the nature of object producing the injury rather than the type of injury. Injuries produced by blunt trauma include abrasions, contusions, , lacerations or bone fractures. The pattern and nature of the injury is influenced by the force transmitted, weight of object / weapon and nature of the surface of blunt object. The study evaluates the fatal blunt injuries over a period of six years (2006-2011) and correlates the pattern, nature and configuration of injury with the alleged weapon / object used to inflicting it