Safeguards of Child Testimony

High Court of Madras 2016 SCC OnLine Mad 5681

S. Sankara Varman Vs. State

The Court held that Sections 33(5) and 36(1) of the POCSO Act mandate that a child survivor ought not to be called repeatedly to testify in the Court. While Section 311 of the CrPC gives power to the Court to recall any witness to serve the cause of justice, but the said section is subject…