A dead body of a young male was brought in a gunny bag tied with a rope at its open end for post-mortem examination by police with the history that it was recovered from a well. The police and the relatives gave the history that he was missing since last two weeks. On examination, the body was found in an advanced stage of decomposition with partial skeletonization effect. His skull vault was practically devoid of soft tissues.
At few places, small pieces of clothes were present smudged with decomposed tissues and fluids. Two holes were observed on the vault of the skull; one at the right parieto temporal region and another at occipital region (image-1). On initial examination, the hole at the right parieto temporal region appeared as “Entry Hole” and that of occipital region as “Exit Hole” but when it was boiled, cleaned and further examined minutely, sharp cuts were seen at one margin…
