Magistrate, Court of trial relating to forensic medicine

 

 This feature also contains law for medical students and doctors as forensic medicine.

 Usually conducted by  DM, SDM or Executive Magistrate i.e.Collector, Deputy Collector,(Tahsildar)

Magistrate inquest are usually done in following circumstances:

Dowry deaths: i.e. unnatural death within 7 years of marriage

Death in prison

 Death in police custody or interrogation or during police firing

Death in any psychiatric hospital

Exhumation i.e. digging out of any already beauty body also done upon order of magistrate.

*Whether it is caused by knife:

*During a court trial questions are put to the witness by the public prosecutor or the defence lawyer.

*A leading question is one the answer of which is desired in only yes or no examples of leading question...............

*Whether you were present at the crime site?

*Did you see this person at crime site?

*Is this the knife used at crime site?

*Whether the accused was holding knife or gun?

*The other options like how did you get cuts on T shirt cause of injury Siege of incised wound needs explanatory answer and cannot be answered in yes or no.

*Leading question can only be asked by defence lawyer in cross examination (Recent exam 2018)

*A leading question is NOT allowed in chief examination by public prosecutor (EXCEPT when the witness is hostile)

NOTE: leading question has been classified under 141 IEA (Indian Evidence Act 1972)