This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Law & Medicine, Identification, Autopsy & Burn, Subject name: Forensic Medicine
Inquest in case of death in police custody is carried outby- 
Select and explain. 
A. Magistrate, B. Police, C. Coroner, D. Forensic medicine expert
A: Magistrate
Answer: A: Magistrate 
Explanation: Ans. is 'a' i.e.. Magistrate 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.