Act Number: 1

Act Name: The Indian Evidence Act, 1872

Year: 1872

Enactment Date: 1872-03-15

Long Title:

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Legislative Department

Section 11: When facts not otherwise relevant become relevant.
    Facts not otherwise relevant are relevant --
        (1) if they are inconsistent with any fact in issue or relevant fact;
        (2) if by themselves or in connection with other facts they make the existence or non-existence of any fact in issue or relevant fact highly probable or improbable.
    Illustrations
    (a) The question is, whether A committed a crime at Calcutta on a certain day.
        The fact that, on that day, A was at Lahore is relevant.
        The fact that, near the time when the crime was committed, A was at a distance from the place where it was committed, which would render it highly improbable, though not impossible, that he committed it, is relevant.
    (b) The question is, whether A committed a crime.
        The circumstances are such that the crime must have been committed either by A, B, C or D. Every fact which shows that the crime could have been committed by no one else, and that it was not committed by either B, C or D, is relevant.
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