Police Act 2008 - Kerala Police

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2. Where it appears necessary for the police officer concerned that in the interest
of the person taken into custody such action is required, the police officer may request
a medical institution to keep such a person in such hospital under observation or
treatment and the authorities of such institution shall be bound to comply with such
request.
3. Any expense incurred by any private institution in this regard will be
reimbursable by the Government
56. Medical examination of accused or suspect persons:
1. It shall be binding on any medical practitioner, government or private, before
whom an accused or suspect person is produced by a police officer for medical
examination to subject him to an examination as requested by such officer and such
examination may include all types of laboratory and diagnostic examinations including
those of blood, other body fluids and body tissues as may be necessary for the
purposes of investigation.
2. Any expense incurred by any private institution in this regard will be
reimbursable by the Government.
57. Medical treatment of accused or suspects:
1. Every hospital, government or private, shall earmark sufficient space for the
treatment of persons in police custody so that they may be properly guarded and
kept under police observation.
2. It shall be binding upon the hospital authorities to immediately furnish on
demand to the police copies of all the medical records pertaining to the treatment of
such persons.
3. Any such person initially shifted to a private hospital, shall subject to medical
clearance, be shifted as early as possible to a government hospital.
4. Any expense actually incurred by any private institution in this regard will be
reimbursed by the Government.
58. Action in Respect Injuries on those in Police Custody: When any
person is taken into police custody in a physically injured condition or any person is