Who among the following is a competent witness under Section 124 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam,…

Under Section 124 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (formerly Section 118 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872), all persons are competent to testify unless the Court considers that they are prevented from understanding the questions put to them, or from giving rational answers to those questions, by tender years, extreme old age, disease, or any other cause of the same kind. As clarified by the Explanation to Section 124, a person of unsound mind is not incompetent to testify unless he is prevented by his unsoundness of mind from understanding the questions put to him and giving rational answers to them.