Plain-English Summary — Not Verbatim Statutory Text
Allows a registered medical practitioner to examine an arrested person to collect evidence relevant to the offence — such as injuries or other physical evidence — to aid the investigation.
- Cuts both ways: it can help build a case, but it also creates an official record of your physical condition at the time of arrest.
That official medical record can protect you too — it's evidence if you're later mistreated in custody.
Case Law
How courts have applied this
D.K. Basu v. State of West BengalAIR 1997 SC 610 — Established medical examination as one of the core custodial safeguards.
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