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A is accused of committing a crime in Mumbai. Evidence places A in Chennai at the time of the alleged…

Section 9 makes an otherwise irrelevant fact relevant if it is inconsistent with a fact in issue or relevant fact. The location evidence is offered as an alibi.

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A is accused of committing a crime in Mumbai. Evidence places A in Chennai at the time of the alleged offence. Which section of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, makes that otherwise irrelevant fact relevant because it is inconsistent with a fact in issue?

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Section 9 makes an otherwise irrelevant fact relevant if it is inconsistent with a fact in issue or relevant fact. The location evidence is offered as an alibi.

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Option A

Section 7 concerns facts necessary to explain or introduce a fact in issue or relevant fact. The question asks for the provision that expressly states the inconsistency rule.

Option B

Section 8 concerns things said, done or written by a conspirator in reference to the common design.

Option C

Section 9 makes an otherwise irrelevant fact relevant if it is inconsistent with a fact in issue or relevant fact. The location evidence is offered as an alibi.

Option D

Section 10 concerns facts tending to enable a court to determine damages in a suit for damages.

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