1Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, KLE University's, J N Medical College, Belgaum, 590010, Karnataka.
2Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka.
*Corresponding author: Associate Professor, E-mail: drssagarwal@hotmail.com
Every medical practitioner must have sufficient knowledge of law in order not to conflict with it during the practice of his profession. For this he has to be familiar with various acts and rules & regulations that are in force or otherwise he may find himself inadvertently contravening these and courting trouble and also amounts to professional misconduct attracting disciplinary action by State Medical Council. Certain codes given in Criminal Procedure Code and Indian Penal Code have a direct binding on medical practitioner. With changing times, few of them have been revised and these changes are presented in the paper.
Indian Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code
