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In which of the following cases did the Supreme Court uphold the examination of threatened women…

In Kamalanantha v. State of Tamil Nadu (2005), young women witnesses had been residing in an ashram controlled by the accused where they faced fear and intimidation. The…

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In which of the following cases did the Supreme Court uphold the examination of threatened women witnesses residing in an accused-controlled ashram at women police stations, rather than inside that ashram, having regard to the purpose of the proviso to Section 160(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973?

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In Kamalanantha v. State of Tamil Nadu (2005), young women witnesses had been residing in an ashram controlled by the accused where they faced fear and intimidation. The Supreme Court held that examining them at women's police stations for their safety did not violate the protective purpose of the proviso to Section 160(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (now the proviso to Section 179(1) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023).

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