An unconscious patient is brought to causality, requires emergency neurosurgical evacuation, but no relatives or bystanders available. The doctor doing the emergency procedure is protected under
Sec. 92. An act was done in good faith for benefit of a person without consent: Nothing is an offence by reason of any harm which it may cause to a person for whose benefit it is done in good faith, even without that person's consent, if the circumstances are such that it is impossible for that person to signify consent, or if that person is incapable of giving consent, and has no guardian or another person in lawful charge of him from whom it is possible to obtain consent in time for the thing to be done with benefit. Ref: Textbook of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology; 5th ed; <a href="
Sec 92 IPC
Sec 102 IPC
Sec 112 IPC
Sec 122 IPC
Medico legal procedures