The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
CHAPTER XIII: INFORMATION TO THE POLICE AND THEIR POWERS TO INVESTIGATE
Section 194: Police to enquire and report on suicide, etc.
Bare Act
(1) When the officer in charge of a police station or some other police officer specially empowered by the State Government in that behalf receives information that a person has committed suicide, or has been killed by another or by an animal or by machinery or by an accident, or has died under circumstances raising a reasonable suspicion that some other person has committed an offence, he shall i… Read the complete text with KanoonGPT Pro.
Simplified Act
(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… Read the complete text with KanoonGPT Pro.
Explanation using examples
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… Read the complete text with KanoonGPT Pro.
