In a 2018 trial, under IPC and POSCO Act, 2012, the victim/prosecuterix being a minor at the time, on attaining majority claimed the statement leading to prosecution as having been made under duress. The application of the accused for re-examination of the alleged victim, earlier minor now a major, was rejected by the Special Judge (POSCO). On appeal, the Chhattisgarh HC allowed re-examination u/s 311 of CrPC stating that, ‘right to cross-examination is a part of right to fair trial which every person has in the spirit of right to life and personal liberty’.
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