Jdg Cr
The prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the appellant carnally knew the victim, a girl aged 12, thus committing the offence of rape under section 130(1)(2)(e) of the Penal Code. The evidence of the victim, corroborated by medical and witness testimony, was credible and sufficient. Procedural irregularities in recording evidence of a child and a deaf-dumb witness did not render the evidence inadmissible or unreliable under the current law.
Source excerpt
- Rape
- Evidence of children
- Evidence of persons with disabilities
- Adverse inference from silence
- Statutory interpretation