Criminal Procedure Code · Updated to 1 May 2023 · Part VIII · Special Proceedings
334. Inquiry into cause of death of a person in custody of police or in any asylum
Feedback & supportWhen any person dies while in the custody of the police or in a psychiatric hospital or prison, the officer who had the custody of that person or was in charge of that psychiatric hospital or prison, as the case may be, shall immediately give intimation of such death to the nearest Magistrate, and the Magistrate or some other Magistrate shall, in the case of a death in the custody of the police, and in other cases may, if he thinks expedient, hold an inquiry into the cause of death.
inquiry
Defined · s 2
“inquiry” includes every inquiry conducted under this Code before a Magistrate;
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