Supreme Court of India
Golla Yelugu Govindu v. State of Andhra Pradesh
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Penal Code, 1860: s.304, Patt I - Pursuant to exchange of hot words and c quarrel, accused hacked his wife on her back and neck with a sickle which resulted in her death - Conviction by Coutts below u/s. 302 /PC - Challenge to - Held: On facts, appropriate conviction would be under s. 304 Patt I with custodial sentence of 10 years - Accordingly conviction altered. s.300, Exception 4 - Applicability of- Discussed. ,-. Evidence Act, 1872 - s. 118 - Testimony of child witness - Evidentiary value of - Held: Child of tender age can be allowed to testify if he has intellectual capacity to
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