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The State of Madhya Pradesh v. Balveer Singh

Does the Evidence Act, 1872 prescribe any particular age as a determinative factor to treat a witness to be a competent witness;…

Allowed
Court
Supreme Court of India
Decided
23 Feb 2025
Citation
[2025] 2 S.C.R. 836
Case no.
CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1669/2012
Bench
J.b. Pardiwala, Manoj Misra

Issue for consideration

Does the Evidence Act, 1872 prescribe any particular age as a determinative factor to treat a witness to be a competent witness; Does the Evidence Act treat evidence of a child on the same footing as any other witness; Before the evidence of the child witness is recorded, Court to record its opinion and satisfaction that the child witness understands the duty of speaking the truth; Whether the Court should apply s.106 of the Evidence Act in criminal cases with care and caution; Does s.106 of the Evidence Act absolve the prosecution from the duty of proving that

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