Child Witness and His Evidence in Criminal Cases : Law Clarified by HC

Child Witness and His Evidence in Criminal Cases : Law Clarified by HC

It has been held in Pramjeet @ Sanni v. State [2025] GCtR 1383 (Delhi) that "one of the cardinal principles to be borne in mind, while assessing the acceptability of the evidence of a child witness, is that due respect has to be accorded to the sensibility and sensitivity of the Trial Court, on the issue of reliability of the child, as a witness in the case, as such decision essentially turns on the observation, by the Trial Court itself, regarding the demeanour and maturity of the concerned child witness. An appellate court would interfere, on this issue, only where the records make it apparent that the Trial Court erred in regarding the child as a reliable witness." 

Despite the argument on behalf of accused that there was prior enmity between victim's family and the accused, the conviction of accused was found to be proper.