facts stated by her. We have gone through the said statement. The child
was cross-examined at length by the learned defence counsel. Many
questions ... convinced
about the quality of the statements and its reliability, base
conviction by accepting the statement of the child witness. The
fact that the witness
under any pressure to
make her statement.
The said statement is seen to be thumb marked by the childs'
mother and signed ... stating to the effect that a statement of
the child under the provisions of Section 164 of the Cr.P.C. was recorded
Code), the Magistrate recording such statement shall, notwithstanding
anything contained therein, record the statement as spoken by the child:
Provided that the provisions contained ... spoken by the child in the presence of the
parents of the child or any other person in whom the child has trust or
confidence
convict the appellants on the basis of the sole statement of such child witness, particularly when there is no corroborative evidence to the version given ... submitted that conviction can be made on the basis of statement of a child witness if the Court finds that the child was answering
where the said
respondents are said to have made a statement that the child would be handed over
to the petitioner on January ... otherwise have stated throughout in their written
statement that she had willingly given the child to respondent no. 9 on 05.09.2019.
34. Mr. Malhotra next
were committed by the General Court Martial in recording the
statements of the child witness and no medical examination of the victim
was done ... might
lead to any favourable tilt in favour of prosecution. The statement of child
witness is proved to be worth credence and could
child
born and she was told that the girl child had been given to some relation
since the couple had already two daughters. These statements ... resident. They found that the infant was a female child. On the basis of this
statement, an FIR No.60 dated 1.4.2006 under Sections
child witness. It is always risky to rely upon the statement
of a child witness. Various improvements have been made
by the prosecutrix ... tutored and the conviction was
based on the statement of the child witness.
28. In the instant case, learned counsel for the
appellant
General Hospital,
Sonepat where his statement was recorded by the police.
Regarding motive, in his statement, minor child Ajay stated
that a day before ... minor child before
recording his statement. In his statement, PW1 has categorically supported
the prosecution version. Before recording his statement, the trial Court
recorded
very well proved the guilt of the accused by
the statement of the child victim and her statement was very well
corroborated by PW7 Rajbala ... under:
"It is evident from the above discussed statements of the
child victim that she changed her stand frequently. In
Ex.PB, she stated