{"id":6247,"date":"2014-10-20T15:10:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T15:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/sccblog\/?p=6247"},"modified":"2015-10-14T17:24:30","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T11:54:30","slug":"evidence-of-a-child-witness-cannot-be-rejected-per-se","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2014\/10\/20\/evidence-of-a-child-witness-cannot-be-rejected-per-se\/","title":{"rendered":"Evidence of a child witness cannot be rejected per se"},"content":{"rendered":"

Delhi High Court:<\/b> In a landmark judgment in a case involving brutal rape of a 3 year old girl in 2012, the Bench comprising of Pradeep Nandrajog and Mukta Gupta, JJ has ruled that the evidence of a child witness cannot be rejected per se. It is a rule of prudence that the Court has to closely scrutinize such evidence and if it is convinced about the quality thereto and the reliability of the child witness it can record conviction based on his testimony. While recognizing the fact that assessing the competency of a child witness is not easy and is filled with various difficulties, the Court also passed detailed guidelines on the nature of questions that should be put to a child witness for the said purpose.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

In the instant case a 3 year old girl was brutally raped by the accused which resulted in serious injuries to her person, requiring her to undergo three consecutive surgeries. It is important to mention here that the trial court had acquitted the accused while raising doubts on the testimony of the victim being tutored due to that fact that she did not say anything about rape or the person who had raped her, before the Magistrate about one month & twenty days after the incident and her testimony was recorded after about six months after the incident. The State had filed a leave to appeal against the said judgment.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

The Court while reversing the trial court’s decision, has held that as per the provisions of Section 118 of the Evidence Act, 1872, all persons are competent to testify, unless the Court considers that by reason of tender years they are incapable of understanding the questions asked and of giving rational answers. It is for the Judge to satisfy himself regarding fulfillment of the requirement of the said provision.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

Allowing the appeal and convicting the accused of raping the victim<\/span>, <\/span>the Court took note of the medical papers relating to the severe injuries on the victim and has directed the State to ensure that best medical treatment be provided to the victim so that her wounds heal and they do not cause any permanent disablement. It was also directed that if the need be, her treatment should be done at a reputed private hospital and the Secretary (Health), Government of NCT of Delhi shall bear all the expenses. The matter will be heard on the subject of sentence on 27-10-2014. <\/span><\/p>\n

To read the full judgment, refer SCCOnLine<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Delhi High Court: In a landmark judgment in a case involving brutal rape of a 3 year old girl in 2012, the <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2574],"class_list":["post-6247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-highcourts","tag-testimony"],"yoast_head":"\nEvidence of a child witness cannot be rejected per se | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2014\/10\/20\/evidence-of-a-child-witness-cannot-be-rejected-per-se\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Evidence of a child witness cannot be rejected per se\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Delhi High Court: In a landmark judgment in a case involving brutal rape of a 3 year old girl in 2012, the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2014\/10\/20\/evidence-of-a-child-witness-cannot-be-rejected-per-se\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-10-20T15:10:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-10-14T11:54:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/scc-blog_Page_9.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1330\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"887\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sucheta\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sucheta\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/20\\\/evidence-of-a-child-witness-cannot-be-rejected-per-se\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/20\\\/evidence-of-a-child-witness-cannot-be-rejected-per-se\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sucheta\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7416b8c43cd3a0a3412cf97fc17b54fa\"},\"headline\":\"Evidence of a child witness cannot be rejected per se\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-10-20T15:10:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-10-14T11:54:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/20\\\/evidence-of-a-child-witness-cannot-be-rejected-per-se\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":423,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/20\\\/evidence-of-a-child-witness-cannot-be-rejected-per-se\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/10\\\/scc-blog_Page_9.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"testimony\"],\"articleSection\":[\"High Courts\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/20\\\/evidence-of-a-child-witness-cannot-be-rejected-per-se\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/20\\\/evidence-of-a-child-witness-cannot-be-rejected-per-se\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/20\\\/evidence-of-a-child-witness-cannot-be-rejected-per-se\\\/\",\"name\":\"Evidence of a child witness cannot be rejected per se | SCC Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/20\\\/evidence-of-a-child-witness-cannot-be-rejected-per-se\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/20\\\/evidence-of-a-child-witness-cannot-be-rejected-per-se\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/10\\\/scc-blog_Page_9.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-10-20T15:10:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-10-14T11:54:30+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7416b8c43cd3a0a3412cf97fc17b54fa\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/20\\\/evidence-of-a-child-witness-cannot-be-rejected-per-se\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/20\\\/evidence-of-a-child-witness-cannot-be-rejected-per-se\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/20\\\/evidence-of-a-child-witness-cannot-be-rejected-per-se\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/10\\\/scc-blog_Page_9.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/10\\\/scc-blog_Page_9.jpg\",\"width\":1330,\"height\":887},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/20\\\/evidence-of-a-child-witness-cannot-be-rejected-per-se\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Evidence of a child witness cannot be rejected per se\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"SCC Times\",\"description\":\"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7416b8c43cd3a0a3412cf97fc17b54fa\",\"name\":\"Sucheta\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/530d4c250404c869212316d6351878b83f86bf27648031b1e6d4857a4bae4b88?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/530d4c250404c869212316d6351878b83f86bf27648031b1e6d4857a4bae4b88?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/530d4c250404c869212316d6351878b83f86bf27648031b1e6d4857a4bae4b88?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Sucheta\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/author\\\/legal_editor\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Evidence of a child witness cannot be rejected per se | SCC Times","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2014\/10\/20\/evidence-of-a-child-witness-cannot-be-rejected-per-se\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Evidence of a child witness cannot be rejected per se","og_description":"Delhi High Court: In a landmark judgment in a case involving brutal rape of a 3 year old girl in 2012, the","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2014\/10\/20\/evidence-of-a-child-witness-cannot-be-rejected-per-se\/","og_site_name":"SCC Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/","article_published_time":"2014-10-20T15:10:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-10-14T11:54:30+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1330,"height":887,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/scc-blog_Page_9.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Sucheta","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sucheta","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2014\/10\/20\/evidence-of-a-child-witness-cannot-be-rejected-per-se\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2014\/10\/20\/evidence-of-a-child-witness-cannot-be-rejected-per-se\/"},"author":{"name":"Sucheta","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7416b8c43cd3a0a3412cf97fc17b54fa"},"headline":"Evidence of a child witness cannot be rejected per se","datePublished":"2014-10-20T15:10:00+00:00","dateModified":"2015-10-14T11:54:30+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2014\/10\/20\/evidence-of-a-child-witness-cannot-be-rejected-per-se\/"},"wordCount":423,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2014\/10\/20\/evidence-of-a-child-witness-cannot-be-rejected-per-se\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/scc-blog_Page_9.jpg","keywords":["testimony"],"articleSection":["High Courts"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2014\/10\/20\/evidence-of-a-child-witness-cannot-be-rejected-per-se\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2014\/10\/20\/evidence-of-a-child-witness-cannot-be-rejected-per-se\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2014\/10\/20\/evidence-of-a-child-witness-cannot-be-rejected-per-se\/","name":"Evidence of a child witness cannot be rejected per se | SCC Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2014\/10\/20\/evidence-of-a-child-witness-cannot-be-rejected-per-se\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2014\/10\/20\/evidence-of-a-child-witness-cannot-be-rejected-per-se\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/scc-blog_Page_9.jpg","datePublished":"2014-10-20T15:10:00+00:00","dateModified":"2015-10-14T11:54:30+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7416b8c43cd3a0a3412cf97fc17b54fa"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2014\/10\/20\/evidence-of-a-child-witness-cannot-be-rejected-per-se\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2014\/10\/20\/evidence-of-a-child-witness-cannot-be-rejected-per-se\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2014\/10\/20\/evidence-of-a-child-witness-cannot-be-rejected-per-se\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/scc-blog_Page_9.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/scc-blog_Page_9.jpg","width":1330,"height":887},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2014\/10\/20\/evidence-of-a-child-witness-cannot-be-rejected-per-se\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Evidence of a child witness cannot be rejected per se"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/","name":"SCC Times","description":"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7416b8c43cd3a0a3412cf97fc17b54fa","name":"Sucheta","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/530d4c250404c869212316d6351878b83f86bf27648031b1e6d4857a4bae4b88?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/530d4c250404c869212316d6351878b83f86bf27648031b1e6d4857a4bae4b88?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/530d4c250404c869212316d6351878b83f86bf27648031b1e6d4857a4bae4b88?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Sucheta"},"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/legal_editor\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/scc-blog_Page_9.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6474,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2015\/02\/20\/court-upheld-10-years-imprisonment-awarded-to-the-accused-for-committing-rape-on-the-sole-testimony-of-5-years-old-victim\/","url_meta":{"origin":6247,"position":0},"title":"Court upheld 10 years imprisonment awarded to the accused for committing rape, on the sole testimony of 5 years old victim","author":"Sucheta","date":"February 20, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Delhi High Court: In an another horrifying incident of rape, where a 5 year old girl was subjected to rape by the accused, the Court upheld the sentence of 10 years imprisonment under Section 376(2) (f) of the Penal Code. The Court in this case discussed the issue, whether a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "High Courts"","block_context":{"text":"High Courts","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/highcourts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/scc-blog_Page_9.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/scc-blog_Page_9.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/scc-blog_Page_9.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/scc-blog_Page_9.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/scc-blog_Page_9.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6652,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2015\/06\/08\/10-years-jail-term-awarded-to-a-man-for-raping-a-5-year-old-girl\/","url_meta":{"origin":6247,"position":1},"title":"10 years jail term awarded to a man for raping a 5 year old girl","author":"Sucheta","date":"June 8, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Delhi High Court: Dealing with a case where a five-year-old girl \u201cX\u201d was raped by her neighbour, a bench of S.P. Garg J affirmed the decision of the trial court to convict the accused (appellant) under Section 376(2)(f) of the Penal Code. In the instant case, the trial court convicted\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "High Courts"","block_context":{"text":"High Courts","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/highcourts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/scc-blog_Page_9.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/scc-blog_Page_9.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/scc-blog_Page_9.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/scc-blog_Page_9.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/scc-blog_Page_9.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":296618,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/07\/12\/supreme-court-judgment-section-118-evidence-act-child-witness\/","url_meta":{"origin":6247,"position":2},"title":"Section 118 of Evidence Act | Child witness easily susceptible to tutoring; corroborating testimony not a rule but a measure of caution and prudence: Supreme Court","author":"Ridhi","date":"July 12, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Supreme Court did not deem it safe to base the conviction only on the testimony of child witness which did not inspire confidence and acquitted the appellant.","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"judgment on section 118 of evidence act","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/judgment-on-section-118-of-evidence-act.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/judgment-on-section-118-of-evidence-act.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/judgment-on-section-118-of-evidence-act.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/judgment-on-section-118-of-evidence-act.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":209104,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/01\/31\/tri-hc-corroboration-of-testimony-of-child-witness-is-a-rule-of-prudence-and-nothing-more-deposition-by-child-witness-after-22-years-admitted\/","url_meta":{"origin":6247,"position":3},"title":"Tri HC | Corroboration of testimony of child witness is a rule of prudence and nothing more; deposition by child witness after 22 years admitted","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"January 31, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Tripura High Court: The Division Bench comprising of Sanjay Karol, CJ and Arindam Lodh, J. admitted the deposition of the prosecution witness which fully inspired confidence in establishing the guilt of the accused beyond doubt. The respondent, a 28-year-old man has given the testimony in the case of the murder\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":257033,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/11\/12\/conviction-can-be-based-on-testimony-of-child-witness\/","url_meta":{"origin":6247,"position":4},"title":"Conviction can be based on Testimony of Child Witness: Is it obligatory for a Judge to ask the child whether he\/she is able to understand questions put to her? Bom HC [Full Story]","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"November 12, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Bombay High Court: Anuja Prabhudessai, J., opined that where the witness is of tender age (as in the instant case before the Court), it is obligatory upon the Judge to ascertain the intellectual and understanding capacity of the child. Appellant has assailed the judgment in POCSO Special Case wherein it\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Bombay-HC.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Bombay-HC.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Bombay-HC.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Bombay-HC.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Bombay-HC.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":257096,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/11\/15\/court-explains-intelligible-testimony-and-reverse-burden-of-proof\/","url_meta":{"origin":6247,"position":5},"title":"Cal HC | Court explains \u201dIntelligible testimony\u201d and \u201creverse burden of proof\u201d; dismisses appeal of accused charged for raping 3 year old girl under S. 6, POCSO Act","author":"Editor","date":"November 15, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Calcutta High Court: The Division Bench of Soumen Sen and Rabindranath Samanta, JJ., dismissed a criminal appeal which was filed against the judgment and order of conviction and sentence passed by Additional Sessions Judge\u2013cum-Special Judge under POCSO Act, 2012 whereby the appellant had been convicted for commission of offence punishable\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/calcutta-court.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/calcutta-court.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/calcutta-court.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/calcutta-court.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/calcutta-court.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}