Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 573 · Decided 29 October 2003
Ratansinh Dalsukhhai Nayak v. State of Gujarat
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 573 · [2003] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 1030
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 631/2003
- Decided
- 29 October 2003
- Bench
- DORAISWAMY RAJU, ARIJIT PASAYAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Evidence Act Section 118
Headnote
Evidence Act, 1972--Section 118~hild witness~onviction on the basis of evidence of child witness~onviction upheld by High Court­ Held, no particular age prescribed as a determinative factor of the C competence of witness-All persons are competent to testify unless court finds to the and give rational answers­ Trial Court analysed and examined evidence and the capacity of the child witness to understand~ourts be/Ow justified in placing reliance on the D testimony which was supported by forensic reports-Penal Code, 1860- Section 302. A child of tender age witnessed
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