In the practice of Forensic medicine, firearm injuries cases pose a challenge, particularly those caused during the police/armed forces action also known as ‘Encounter’. Autopsy reports play a very important role in recreation/ reconstruction of the event and are an important evidence for review by other agencies. The track of the wounds, direction of firing, site of entry and exit wounds along with other internal injuries are used to authenticate and verify the version of police officers. Authors have observed that in certain cases of death consequent to firearm injury, sometimes atypical wounds are found which may be difficult to interpret at the time of performing autopsy. A meticulous postmortem examination coupled with cautious analysis and interpretation of injuries has to be done before furnishing a Medico legal opinion in such cases. The authors report such a case in which an atypical firearm wound was found in a police encounter case. The case is being reported only for academic purposes to highlight the importance of correct interpretation in such atypical wounds by a meticulous autopsy examination so as to prevent any further doubts in their correlation with sequence of events. Modern radiological techniques like Digital X-ray and PM MSCT should be used in firearm cases to enhance the objectivity and credibility of postmortem findings.