Man jailed for 10 yrs for raping minor

A 48-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for raping a minor nine years ago by a Delhi court which relied solely on the testimony of the victim.

Additional Sessions Judge Gulshan Kumar gave the sentence and imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on the south Delhi resident Sajjan Singh for raping the six-year-old girl,who was his neighbour,after calling her to his room on the pretext of giving her toffee in 2004.

The court turned down the argument of Singhs counsel that the accused could not be convicted merely because the girl had said that she was raped by him.

It is a well-settled principle of law that conviction can be sustained on the sole testimony of the prosecutrix if it inspires confidence.

A plethora of decisions by the Supreme Court would show that once the statement of prosecutrix inspires confidence and is accepted by the court and such conviction can be based only on the solitary evidence of the victim,no corroboration would be required unless there are compelling reasons which necessitates the courts for corroboration of her statement, the judge said.

The court relied on the childs testimony,recorded last year,in which she had given the details about the incident.

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