On the basis of above findings it can be concluded that the bullet was fired by someone in air with standard. Further bullet fired from such a rifle can cover a very long distance. the sound of its fire can’t be unnoticed. This rifle produce quite prominent sound when fired i.e. The caliber and number of land and grooves present on the bullet shows that it was fired by some standard. Further a soft nose bullet of 8mm caliber having six right handed land and grooves was recovered from the body during postmortem. It is a well known fact that a rifle bullet fired upward in air at a non vertical angle follows a parabola path and covers a long distance. It means the bullet was fired from a distance too far for the shot to be heard. Secondly the deceased’s friend Chakrapal who was present during the incidence also told that he could not hear any sound of gunfire at the time of incidence.

It seems quite impossible that a gun fired from such a plane place could results in an injury like this in normal circumstances. Autopsy revealed that the bullet traveled almost straight from upper to lower part of the body without any exit wound but the area surrounding the spot was almost plane, without any tall tree and high-rise structure ( Figure 2). This eliminates the possibility of firing from close range. There was no burning, blacking and tattooing around the wound and on the clothes. The deceased was hit by the bullet on the top of his left shoulder and there were holes found in his baniyan and kurta at that place. Keywords: soft nose bullet, stray bullet, velocity, spin, gravity, injury Introduction Careful scientific investigation reveals that it is the bullet fired by someone in air which on return journey towards earth hit the man. Suddenly the man was hit by a bullet on the top of his shoulder and he died.

A man and his friend were on their way to nearby village to take dinner in a religious program. Once this velocity is achieved the bullet will fall no faster and such a bullet would tumble, lose its spin, and fall at a much slower speed due to terminal velocity and therefore it may be less than lethal on impact. the bullet weight and air drag is balanced. The bullet speed will increase during its free fall until it reaches its terminal velocity i.e. The bullet deceleration continues until at some point the bullet momentarily stops and then it begins to fall back toward earth. In the case of a bullet fired at a precisely vertical angle, it immediately begins to slow down because of the effects of gravity and air drag on the bullet.

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