Which of the follow ing type of inquest is carried out in case of dowry death?: (A) Magistrate's inquest, (B) Police inquest, (C) No inquest required, (D) Collectors inquest
Answer is A. Ans. is 'a' i.e., Magistrate's inquest o Magistrate's inquest is done under sec 176 CrPC is case ofDeath in prison, reformatories, Borstal school.Death in police costody while under police interrogation.Death due to police firing.Dowry death; i.e. death of a married female less than 30 years of age or death within 7 years of marriage.Exhumation.Death in psychiatry hospital.Custodial rape.o Police inquest is done in cases ofDeath by suicide.Death by killing by another person (murder ) or an animal or machinery.Death by accident.Death under circumstances raising a reasonable suscpicion that some other person has commited an offence.