Figure 5a and 5b: The hot iron stamping marks on the right and the left thigh and leg of Vijay Sharma. Note that the marks left by the threads of the iron girdle are clearly visible over the left thigh (Figure 5b). Figure 5a clearly shows darkish discoloration of the skin over the right thigh, right leg and the feet due to deposition of blood in the sub-cutaneous tissues as a result of blunt strokes of a lathi or rods. It need be remembered that we were seeing Vijay three weeks after the incident by which time considerable healing of the burn scars had taken place. When fresh they would have been raw, deep red and immensely painful because as against deep burns, in superficial burns the nerve endings survive, are exposed and immensely sensitive, causing tremendous pain.