Supreme Court · 1951 INSC 63 · Decided 20 December 1951
Rameshwar v. The State of RAJASTHAN.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1951 INSC 63 · [1952] 1 S.C.R. 377
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2/1951
- Decided
- 20 December 1951
- Bench
- SIR SYED FAZL ALI, VIVIAN BOSE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376; Evidence Act Section 376, 157; Constitution Article 134(1)(c)
Headnote
COURT REPORTS 377 RAMESHWAR v. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN. [SAIYID FAZL Au and VrVIAN BosE JJ.] Indian Penal Code (XLV of 18@0), s. 376-Indian Evidence Act (I of 1872), s. 114(b) 118, 133, 157-Indian Oaths Act (X of 1873), ss. 5, 6, 13-Rape on young girl-Necessity of corroboration of girl's of occurrence-Admissibility of evidence of child under 12 years. An omission to administer an oath, even to an adult, goes only to the credibility of the witness and not his competency; so a1so an omission of the Court or the authority examining a child witness formally to record that in its
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)