In Brief
A seven-year-old child was kidnapped from a marriage reception in Ahmedabad and the kidnappers demanded a ransom of Rs. 10 lakhs. The child was recovered by Rajasthan Police on 28 May 2010, and the appellant and another were arrested. Both were convicted under Section 364(A) IPC by the trial court and the High Court dismissed their appeals. The appellant challenged the conviction on grounds that the child witness's testimony had inconsistencies, the SIM card used for ransom calls was not recovered, and the appellant was acquitted in a related case under other sections. The Supreme Court upheld the conviction, finding that the child's core testimony was credible and corroborated by recovery evidence, call details, and statements of other witnesses. Minor inconsistencies in a child's recollection do not negate reliable evidence of kidnapping and ransom demand.",
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