Police inquest is required in all except:
b) Accidental death
c) Dowry death
d) Murder
Correct Answer - C
Ans. C: Dowry death
In police inquest, sub-inspector or officer in charge of the police
station conducts the inquest in suicide, murder, accidental deaths or
death under suspicious circumstances.
Magistrate inquest is done in:
Custodial death
Death due to police firing
Death in prison
Death in a psychiatric hospital
Dowry deaths
Exhumation
In dowry deaths, inquest should be carried out by a magistrate or
police officer, not below the rank of deputy superintendent of police.