माँ की हत्या का गवाह बना 7 साल का बच्चा, कलकत्ता हाईकोर्ट ने पिता को दोषी करार दिया

माँ की हत्या का गवाह बना 7 साल का बच्चा, कलकत्ता हाईकोर्ट ने पिता को दोषी करार दिया

The Calcutta High Court noted that the seven-year-old son claimed that he was “hiding” under the bed, “terrified” after seeing his mother "assaulted" at the hands of his father and his relatives. Observing that witnessing the death of one’s mother at the hands of one’s father, uncles and aunts is an “abnormal” event, the Calcutta High Court recently set aside the acquittal of a man and four of his relatives accused of murdering his wife in 2006. The high court held that the testimony of her minor son, who claimed to have witnessed the crime, could not be “brushed aside”. Justices Rajasekhar Ma.