The Supreme Court has set aside a Gujarat High Court order that permitted the prosecution to examine a minor child as a witness nearly seven years after the incident in a dowry death and abetment to suicide case. The Apex Court restored the Trial Court’s decision to reject the application filed under Section 311 of
Section 311 CrPC | Power to Summon Child Witness Must Be Exercised Sparingly; SC Cites Risk of ‘Tutoring’ and ‘Memory Distortion’ in Rejection
