difficult to follow, or if a witness was partially deaf. But it is dangerous in cases of criminal law to accept equivalents, and except
record.
12. PW-1 is a differently-abled person being partially deaf
and dumb and was about 51 years of age, when she deposed ... April, 2017. The learned Trial Court had recorded that PW-
1 had partial speech and hearing impairment but she was capable of
communicating through words
While so, Sarfudeen (defacto complainant), who suffers from
partial deafness, wanted to buy a plot and he was introduced to Karmegam
accused was a handicapped person. According to PW1,
she was partially deaf, but had no difficulty in
understanding, if loudly spoken. The learned counsel
here to mention that one of accused i.e. Vijay
is partially deaf and dumb, therefore charge has been read over
and explained
more
than 90 years old, is also partially blind and deaf and had appeared before
the Tribunal and the Appellate Authority and submitted that
signs and not
the interpretation of signs.
29. To sum up, a deaf and dumb person is a
competent witness. If in the opinion ... regards to the aforesaid decision, it is
clear that the evidence of deaf and dumb can be relied on as
she is a competent witness
Officer. Thus, the testimony of Ct. Rajender
also discloses that there was partial compliance of Section 50
NDPS Act.
11. Moreover, on careful perusal ... recorded, he was
virtually found completely deaf and his statement was recorded
with the assistance coming from the side of wife of accused.
Wife
Dr. Raghubir Sharan vs The State Of Bihar on 14 March, 1963
Equivalent citations: 1964
Bishnu Deo Shaw @ Bishnu Dayal vs State Of West Bengal on 22 February, 1979
Equivalent