Hi,
Need experts opinion. A friend's wife committed suicide (four years of marriage). She was having mental problems (letters and medical reports to prove this). Dying declaration is very strongly in favor of husband and in-laws. Husband himself took her to hospital. Police was infromed by hospital. Her father in his application to police says that post mortem to be done and any appropriate action to be taken after the reson of death be known from post mortem. Police mentions in report for CrPC 174 that prima facie there is no foul play. Police starts inquest proceedings. Post mortem report mentions cause of death as "Asphyxia due to ante mortem hanging, viscera preserved to rule out associated intoxication".
There is no FIR for more than six months. On cantacting IO for case status, he says that the girl's family is pressurizing for FIR but he is not entertaining it as the viscera report has not come yet. Any action shall be taken only if viscera report indicates something.
Now, where does the case stand for husband?
1) Can viscera report be tampered with? Girl's family is influential and wealthy.
2) If viscera report comes clean, can they still lodge the FIR?
3) Is there a time limit for Police to file the final report or they can indefinitely sit on this?
Isn't it too much a delay in FIR. Is IO just intimidationg the guy to get easy money?
Need help ASAP.