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‘Evidence Act does not prescribe any minimum age for a witness’; SC elucidates principles on appreciation of testimony of a child witness

In the instant case a husband was charged for the murder of his wife who died in mysterious circumstances by the Trial Court; however, MP High Court acquitted the husband as it found the child witness to be tutored.

POCSO Trial Judge training Karnataka Judicial Academy

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Know why Karnataka HC recommended a Trial Court Judge to undergo training in Karnataka Judicial Academy vis-à-vis POCSO cases

The High Court was shocked to find that the Trial Judge have not understood properly what is meaning of the theory beyond reasonable doubt in appreciating the evidence in POCSO cases.

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Delhi High Court | Statement made under Sec 164 CrPC disclosing commission of rape is sufficient to frame charges under Sec 376 IPC

Delhi High Court: In a case where revision petition was filed against the order passed by the Trial Court by

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General points of law arising in a criminal case discussed

Himachal Pradesh High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Tarlok Singh Chauhan, J., decided a criminal revision petition filed under Sections

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Conviction set aside holding the findings by the trial court to be perverse

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Ravi Malimath and Dr. H.B. Prabhakara Sastry, JJ., decided a criminal appeal filed under