A Case Report of Physical Assault and Traumatic Mechanical Injuries Report to Emergency department of SRMS IMS Bhojipura Bareilly
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https://doi.org/10.48165/iijfmt.2025.23.2.8Keywords:
injury; physical assault; BNSAbstract
According to section 44 IPC now BNS 2(14) “the word “injury” denotes any harm whatever illegally caused to any person, in body, mind, reputation or property” [1] clinically it is breach of natural continuity of skin or mucous membrane [2] profound study of injuries plays a significant role in medicolegal study. This case report emphasizes the identification of injury types while ruling out alternative injury classification to prevent errors while maintaining accurate medical records.Downloads
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