Age not a bar to decide competency of a child witness: Minor being the only eyewitness can be recalled at a later stage
Kerala High Court: In the order passed by Sunil Thomas, J., the Court addressed the issue whether a minor is competent enough
child witness
Evidence led by child witness if found reliable, can’t be dismissed merely on the ground that the same was made by a child
Uttaranchal High Court: The Court recently addressed a criminal petition in which the appellant had appealed against his conviction by trial court
Testimonies of child witnesses cannot be automatically rejected, instead to be carefully scrutinized so as to remove doubts of tutoring
Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Vinod Goel, J, upheld the conviction of the appellant under Section 10 of
10 years jail term awarded to a man for raping a 5 year old girl
Delhi High Court: Dealing with a case where a five-year-old girl “X” was raped by her neighbour, a bench of S.P. Garg
Court upheld 10 years imprisonment awarded to the accused for committing rape, on the sole testimony of 5 years old victim
Delhi High Court: In an another horrifying incident of rape, where a 5 year old girl was subjected to rape by the