Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 737 · Decided 9 July 2019
P Ramesh v. State Rep BY Inspector of Police
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 737 · [2019] 10 S.C.R. 875
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1013/2019
- Decided
- 9 July 2019
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, INDIRA BANERJEE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 498A; CrPC Section 374; Evidence Act Section 118
Headnote
Evidence Act, 1872 - s.118 - Competency of child witness - Appellant was tried for the murder of his wife - Convicted by the Sessions Judge for offences u/ss.302, 498A - During the course of the trial, the prosecution sought to adduce the evidence of PW-3 and PW-4, appellant and the deceased - When their evidence was to be recorded, PW-3 was eight-years-old while PW-4 was six-years-old - Trial judge posed certain initial queries to them for assessing whether they were capable of deposing in evidence and concluded that their testimony could not be
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