right to defence

second DNA test in POCSO Case
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Even if there is an iota of doubt as to the sanctity of the procedure or the correctness of the evidence, the accused should be given an opportunity to disprove the earlier test result”

Rajasthan High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The law… does not permit a retrospective resurrection of childhood once the individual steps into legal adulthood; and to permit otherwise would be to dilute the doctrinal rigour of age-based legal classifications and introduce subjectivity into a domain that demands exactitude.”