Md. Kalam v. The State of Bihar

In Md. Kalam v. State of Bihar, the appellant, convicted of assaulting a six-year-old girl, challenged his 10-year sentence, arguing that the child victim’s testimony should not have been accepted without corroboration and that the sentence was excessive. The Court held that a child’s testimony is admissible if carefully evaluated. Both the trial court and the High Court had assessed the evidence and found it reliable. The Supreme Court upheld the conviction, rejected the challenge to the testimony, but still reduced the sentence to five years’ imprisonment with fines.

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