All are true of police inquest, except:

Police inquest is held by a police officer (Investigation Officer--IO) not below the rank of senior head constable in all cases of unnatural deaths with the exceptions mentioned under Magistrate inquest. Police inquest (174 CrPC) : Most common type of inquest. Minimum cadre of police for conducting inquest is station officer( senior Head Constable) Panchanama - enquiry repo Can summon