Criminal Procedure Code · s 308

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s 308Death of person in custody of police or in psychiatric facility

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 307, when any person dies while in the custody of the police or in a psychiatric facility or prison, the officer who had the custody of such person or was in charge of the psychiatric facility or prison, as the case may be, shall forthwith give intimation of the death to the nearest Magistrate, and the Magistrate or some other Magistrate shall, in the case of death in the custody of the police, and in other cases may, if he thinks expedient, hold an inquest into the cause of death and for such purpose may designate any person to make the investigation and report referred to in section 303 and that person shall for the purposes of the investigation be deemed to be a police officer.