Magistrate inquest deals under: (A) Sec 174 CrPC, (B) Sec 175CrPC, (C) Sec 176CrPC, (D) Sec 177CrPC
Answer is C. Magistrate inquest done in cases of Death in prisons Death of a person in police custody or while under police interrogation Man missing in police custody Death due to police firing Death of a mentally ill prisoner in psychatric hospital Death of a woman within 7 years of marriage Exhumation Rape of a woman I police custody In any case, Magistrate can conduct an inquest in addition to police inquest (CrPC 176) Ref: FORENSIC MEDICINE AND TOXICOLOGY Dr PC IGNATIUS THIRD EDITION PAGE 7