Forensic medicine – MCQ 31 – Magistrate inquest in India

In India, magistrate inquest is done in the following cases except:
A. Exhumation cases
B. Dowry deaths within 5 years of marriage
C. Murder cases
D. Death of a person in police custody

Correct answer : C. Murder cases

Cases in which magistrate’s inquest is held:

Dowry death
Exhumation
Death in police custody
Death in a psychiatric hospital
Death in jail
Death as a result of police shooting