CN-0170Concepts · Evidence · Wanted
Child Witness
Scope
Whether a child is competent to testify, how the court satisfies itself of that, and the caution with which the evidence is read.
Authorities to start from
- Indian Evidence Act, 1872, § 118 (now Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, § 124)
- Dattu Ramrao Sakhare v. State of Maharashtra, (1997) 5 SCC 341
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