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Inquest Procedure
◼ Place of death
◼ Cause of death
◼ Circumstances of death
When does an inquest become
necessary ?
◼ The cause of death is not known
◼ All unnatural deaths
◼ Suicides
◼ Homicides
◼ Transportation injuries
◼ Magistrate/judge
◼ Homicides
◼ Suspicious deaths
◼ Deaths following rash & negligent act (Sec 298)
◼ Deaths in custody, prisons, mental hospital..
◼ Body to be exhumed
◼ Registrar of deaths
◼ Death certificate
Laws related to inquests
◼ Conduction of an inquest
◼ Suspicious deaths
◼ Deaths directly due to a medical or surgical procedure
◼ Deaths in custody, prisons, mental & leprosy hospital
◼ Alleged medical negligence
◼ Tetanus & rabies
Police
COD Investigate
Other systems of investigation of a
death.
◼ Coroner’s system in
◼ UK
◼ Canada
◼ Australia
◼ Medical Examiner system USA
◼ Combined investigation – medical/scientific with
judicial
◼ European countries
◼ Police inquiry
◼ India
◼ Denmark
Read…
◼ Simpson’s Forensic Medicine