Court : Mumbai Aurangabad
Decided on : Jan-13-2015
..... even the evidence of minor victim pw 10 came to be recorded after examining her competency to testify in terms of provisions of section 118 of the indian evidence act by putting her some preliminary questions in order to understand whether she is in a position to give rational answers to those questions because of her tender age. ..... that for proof of a fact, no particular number of witnesses is required. what matters is the quality and not the quantity. section 134 of the indian evidence act, 1872 is explicitly clear and enunciates time honoured rule of appreciation of evidence that evidence is required to be weighed and not counted. 19. after closure of evidence ..... was to abort a case against an alleged economic offender. ends of justice are not satisfied only when the accused in a criminal case is acquitted. the community acting through the state and the public prosecutor is also entitled to justice. the cause of the community deserves equal treatment at the hands of the court in the .....
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