Under Section 118 of the Indian Evidence Act, every person is competent as a witness unless the court has reason to believe that s/he may not be in a position to understand questions put to him/her or be capable of giving reasonable answers. In the case of children, the courts are also aware that they can easily be tutored and thus made puppets in the hands of elders.


503. Criminal intimidation.--Whoever threatens another with
injury to his person, reputation or property, or to the perso
reputation of any one in whom that person is interested, with in