Science and technology are moving fast. But law has not catch up fast.
At present, there are no rules that each postmortem has to be video recorded.
But Magistrates do have powers to so order in the interest of Justice.
If death has taken place in suspicious circumstances, if it is desired that postmortem be Video recorded, than affected or interested person can apply to Magistrate to direct police to video record entire postmortem.
The question of cost may arise. Applicant may have to deposit such costs if court so directs. It may be discretionary though.
As soon as FIR is registered, court has power to direct that any part of investigation be video recorded, be it statement of witnesses, place of incident, recovery of weapon etc.
These are new areas of criminal law which needs to be explored, debated to reduce corruption and secure fair investigation of crime.
Haresh Raichura
3/11/13
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