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High Court of Calcutta High Court of Uttarakhand

  1. High Court of Uttarakhand 2022 SCC OnLine Utt 400

    Ashok Singh Kandari v. State of Uttarakhand

    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 Read case : Ashok Singh Kandari v. State of Uttarakhand

  2. High Court of Calcutta 2022 Cri LJ 439

    Raju Roy vs. State of West Bengal

    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 Read case : Raju Roy vs. State of West Bengal