Supreme Court of India

P Ramesh v. State Rep by Inspector of Police

Neutral citation
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and Indira Banerjee JJ.
Decided 9 July 2019

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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, the children of the 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 recorded as they were not…

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