Law point & Legal Awareness by Adv Sundaram

This feature also contains law for medical students and doctors as forensic medicine. Dowry death: *Bodily injury caused by husband or relative which lead to death comes under dowry death and punished under IPC 304 B. *IPC section 304 B States whenever any death of a woman is caused by any burns or bodily injury or occurs otherwise done under normal circumstances within seven years of her marriage and it is shown that soon before her death she was subjected to cruelty or harassment by her husband or any relative of her husband  or in connection with,any demand for body such death shall be called "dowry death" and search husband or relative shall be deemed to have caused her death. *Whoever commits dowry death shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than seven years and it may extend to life time imprisonment. Cruel behaviour towards wife by husband or his relatives punished by IPC 498 A. IPC Section 498 a states that whoever being hu...

    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...

 

 This feature also contains law for medical students and doctors as forensic medicine. Inquest: inquiry into the cause of death  Most common type of inquest in India Investigating officer usually is Sub Inspector or officer not below the rank of senior head constable

* This feature also contains law for medical students and doctors as forensic medicine. COURTS OF LAW:  Courts of Judicial Magistrate of first class at the second lowest level of the criminal court structure in India. According to the section 11 of The Criminal Procedure Code 1973 (Crpc) a cout of judicial Magistrate of First class may be established by the state Government in consultation with the High court of the respective state at such places in the district and in any number by a notification. According to Section 29 of the CrPC in a Judicial Magistrate of First class may pass a sentence of imprisonment for a not exceeding three years or of fine not exceeding five thousand rupees or of both.