Section 5. Affirmation by persons desiring to affirm

Deaf and dumb witness testimony; Section 119 Indian Evidence Act, 1872; interpreter and special educator; oath administration; Oaths Act 1969 ss.4, 5, 7; Section 164 Cr.P.C. statement; Section 313 Cr.P.C. enquiry; attempt to commit rape; Section 511 IPC with Section 376(2)(j)(l) IPC; Section 323 IPC;

RSA-496-2001 (O&M), High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh (reserved 12.05.2025; decided 02.06.2025), Anil Kshetarpal, J. Keywords: proof of Will dated 14.10.1982; attesting witness refused oath; solemn affirmation not offered; Sections 4 and 5 Indian Oaths Act 1969; deposition cannot be read;

Appeal against conviction for rape of a deaf-and-dumb woman. The High Court found the prosecutrix's statement was recorded through her unsworn mother as interpreter, seized articles reached FSL after eleven unexplained months with no DNA profiling, and her Section 161 statement came over a year late;

A revision petition challenged the conviction and sentence for theft. The High Court emphatically dismissed the appeal, upholding the lower courts' findings. The Court ruled that minuscule variances or infirmities in evidence do not warrant rejection of the prosecution case unless discrepancies go to the core of…

A man convicted under Section 304(II) IPC for killing an old man with a stone during a quarrel appealed his conviction; the deceased's son sought revision for remand.

HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT SRINAGAR Reserved on:01.10.2021 Pronounced on:12.10.2021 CRMC No.379/2018 MOHAMMAD AMIN BHAT ...PETITIONER(S) Through: - Mr. M. Saleem Parray, Advocate. Vs. MOHAMMAD SARTAJ MADNI …RESPONDENT(S) Th