Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction for Aggravated Sexual Assault of Minor — Child Victim's Testimony Found Credible Despite Minor Inconsistencies. The court held that the spontaneous statement of the three-and-a-half-year-old victim to her mother immediately after the incident is admissible as res gestae under Section 6 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, and the conviction under Section 376(2)(i) IPC, Section 8(2) of the Goa Children's Act, 2003, and Section 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 was sustainable....
The appellant, Khalil Kureshi, was convicted by the Children's Court, Panaji, Goa for offences under Section 376(2)(i) IPC, Section 8(2) of the Goa Children's Act, 2003, and Section 4 of the Protectio...
