Bombay High Court at Goa Upholds Conviction of Accused for Kidnapping Minor Girls under Section 363 IPC read with Section 8(1) of Goa Children's Act, 2003 — Evidence of Victims Found Credible and Corroborated. The court held that the testimony of child witnesses, if truthful and corroborated, can form the basis of conviction, and the appellants' act of enticing minor girls from lawful custody constituted kidnapping....
The appellants, Mohit Chari and Elvis @ Laxmikant D'Silva, were convicted by the Children's Court at Goa in Special Case No.20/2006 for the offence of kidnapping two minor girls, aged about 11 years, ...
