Section 194 of BNSS : Section 194: Police to enquire and report on suicide, etc.

(1) When the officer in charge of a police station or another police officer authorized by the State Government gets information that someone has committed suicide, been killed by another person, an animal, machinery, or an accident, or has died under suspicious circumstances suggesting a crime, he mu

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Example 1:

Rajesh, a 30-year-old man from Mumbai, is found dead in his apartment. The officer in charge of the local police station receives information that Rajesh might have committed suicide. As per Section 194 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023, the officer immediately informs the nearest Executive Magistrate empowered to hold inquests. The officer, along with two respectable inhabitants of the neighborhood, proceeds to Rajesh's apartment, examines the body, and notes the presence of any wounds, fractures, or other marks of injury. The officer draws up a report detailing these findings an

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