The Superintendent may act upon or send the report, with his observations or orders thereon, to the Director General for information.

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1. (1) On the death of any prisoner, the Medical Officer shall forthwith maintain the record of the following particulars, so far as they can be ascertained, namely:-
   • (a) the day on which the deceased first complained of illness or injury or was observed to be ill or injured;
   • (b) the labour, if any, on which he was engaged on that day;
   • (c) the scale of his diet on that day;
   • (d) the day on which he was admitted to hospital;
   • (e) the day on which the Medical Officer was first informed of the illness or injury;
   • (f) the nature of the disease and/or injury;
   • (g) when the deceased was last seen before his death by the Medical Officer or Medical Subordinate;
   • (h) when the prisoner died; and
     • (i) an account of the appearances of the body after death, together with any special remarks that appear to the Medical Officer to be required.
2. (2) In every case of death of a prisoner the intimation of death shall be given by the Superintendent to the Government, National Human Rights Commission, Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission, the Director General of Prisons, the District Magistrate, concerned police station and family or a next of kin of the prisoner and in case of a prisoner being a foreign national to the concerned embassy or high commission also, within twenty four hours of death of a prisoner.
3. (3) The death of any prisoner, which is a custodial death, shall be handled as per the procedure laid down in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act No. 2 of 1974), and the guidelines issued by the National Human Rights Commission from time to time.