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  1. High Court of Calcutta 2022 Cri LJ 439

    Raju Roy vs. State of West Bengal

    Ratio

    Testimony of a child can only be relied on if it is intelligible. A testimony is intelligible based on (a) the ability to understand questions put to the witness and (b) give answers to those questions that can be understood. If evidence is in the favour of the survivor, mere lapses in the survivor's statement…

    Pincites

    Para 29-31, 34-37, 39-41, 42-44, 50, 61, 72-75; Page 5-8, 11, 14