The Delhi High Court on Monday said that the evidence of child witness cannot be rejected outrightly. The court held this view while upholding the life sentence awarded to a man for kidnapping and then raping a minor girl three years ago. A bench of Justices, Sanjiv Khanna and S.P. Garg gave the ruling dismissing Shalimar Bagh resident Amrit Sharma alias Amit's appeal against his conviction and sentence of life imprisonment, awarded by the trial court on 27th September, 2010 on basis of the testimonies of the victim and her friend.

The bench accepted the statements of victim, a 4-year old girl at the time of incident in April 2009 and also her friend, who is also of same age group, that the accused had offered them biscuit and 10 rupees to go with him. The court also accepted the statement of the victim's friend that she had declined the offer of the accused but had witnessed that the victim was taken away by him to a nearby forest area.