Chop Wound Due to Theft with Violence: Case Report

• Main Authors: Desy Martha Panjaitan, Ahmad Yudianto, Renny Sumino
• Format: Book Section PeerReviewed
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Atlantis Press 2020
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RA1001-1171 Forensic medicine. Medical jurisprudence. Legal medicine
• Online Access: http://repository.unair.ac.id/99559/1/Chop%20Wound%20Due%20to%20Theft%20with%20Violence%20Case%20Report.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/99559/2/Chop%20Wound%20Due.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/99559/3/Chop%20Wound%20Due%20to%20Theft%20with%20Violence%20Case%20Report.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/99559/; https://www.atlantis-press.com/proceedings/icleh-20/125940578; https://dx.doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.200513.010
• Institution: Universitas Airlangga

Injury caused by the application of physical force can be divided into two main groups: blunt force and sharp force. One of the wounds caused by sharp violence is chop wounds. Crimes with sharp violence that are quite common in Indonesia are theft with violence. Thieves often injure their victims with sharp weapons during their action. In proving this crime, the police often ask the doctors to help them in regarding the injury of the victim. Doctor can predict the cause of the injury, the qualification of the wound and the degree of injury by using their knowledge. Case report: In this case study, a man suffered due to violence on December 4, 2019, at 01.30 a.m carried out by a person who did not known by the victim. We found chop wounds on his left hand and right leg. Chop wounds cause fractures, severed veins and blood vessels in the left hand and right leg so they must be amputated. Discussion: In determining the degree of injury, the doctor must understand the criminal law relating to injury. According to the criminal law, the qualifications for the degree of injury can be divided into Penal code classified wounds as mild wounds (penal code article 352), medium wounds (penal code article 351), and severe wounds (penal code article 90). Wound description of sharp violence are skin lesions that have smooth edges, sharp angles, hair cut off, no wound bridge, no bruises or blisters around. Conclusion: in this case, the victim sustained 4 (four) chop wounds, 1 (one) in the left hand and 3 (two) in the right leg. We can categorize this case as a torture, which can be subjected by article 351, 353, 354, 355,365 and 90 of the Indonesian penal code.