In Death due to police firing, inquest is done by?
Assistant commissioner of police
District magistrate
Doctor
All of the above
Ans. B. District magistrate.(Ref FMT by Dr KS Narayan Reddy 29th/pg. 5; FMT by Apurva Nandy lst/pg. 4)Reddv 29th/pg. 5..........."In case of Death in Police firing, the inquest is conducted by the Magistrate".INQUEST:# Inquest means legal or judicial inquiry to ascertain matter of fact.# Types of inquest in India:- * Coroner's inquest (in Bombay & Calcutta)- * Police inquest- * Magistrate's inquestNormally Inquest in India is conducted by a police officer as per the provisions of Criminal Procedure Code.Magistrate's inquest is commonly held in following cases:But in certain conditions as outlined in Criminal Procedure Code 176 the inquest is conducted by a Magistrate. Such conditions are (Magistrate inquest, which is conducted by a District Magistrate (Collector/Deputy Commissioner),Subdivisional Magistarte (S.20 to 23 Cr. PC), especially empowered by State government (executive magistrate) is done in following cases):1. Death in Police Custody or while under Police Interrogation2. Death due to Police Firing3. Death in Prison, reformatories, Borstal school4. Death in psychiatric hospital.5. Dowry Deaths - Death of a female within 7 yrs of marriage or death in suspicious conditions6. Exhumation (S.174 (4) and S.176, Cr.P.C.)Thus, The following persons can conduct the magistrate inquest in conditions mentioned above:# Judicial Magistrate- Distric Magistrate- Sub Divisional Magistrate# Executive Magistrate - as nominated by the State Government- Collector- Deputy Collector- TahsildharAdditional Educational points:# Inquest means legal or judicial inquiry to ascertain matter of fact.# In forensic work an inquest generally means an inquiry into the cause of death, which is apparently not due to natural cause.# When a person dies it is necessary to determine the cause of death either natural or unnatural to meet with the requirement of law.# Types of inquest in India:- Coroner's inquest (Mumbai and Calcutta)- Police inquest- Magistrate inquest# In any case of death, a Magistrate may conduct an inquest, instead of or in addition to the police inquest.# The most common type of inquest in India is: Police inquest.# Coroner's inquest was abolished in India in the year 1999.# Medical examiner's inquest is supposed to be the best inquest internationally.# In India inquest is not carried by doctor.
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