Characteristics and outcomes of homicidal and accidental stab wounds in emergency hospitals: A medicolegal comparative study

•Occupational accidental stab cases may have serious outcomes as homicidal stab.•The regular elliptical stab wound shape increases the homicidal manner probability.•Penetrating stab wound type increases the likelihood of a complicated outcome.•An increased ISS is the dominant predictor of mortality in stab wound patients.•Proper stab wound documentation assists in determining the manner and outcomes.