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  1. High Court of Uttarakhand Criminal Jail Appeal No. 08 of 2018 [2022 SCC OnLine Utt 400]

    Ashok Singh Kandari v. State of Uttarakhand

    Ratio

    A conviction can be sustained on the sole testimony of the child survivor and there is no need for corroboration unless there exist compelling reasons for the same. Further, minor discrepancies in the child survivor's statement will not discredit an otherwise reliable prosecution case.

    Pincites

    Para 27; Page 4