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Which doctrine describes the relevance of facts that form part of the same transaction as a fact in…

Res gestae is the conventional name for the same-transaction rule. Section 4 makes such connected facts relevant whether they occurred at the same or different times and…

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Which doctrine describes the relevance of facts that form part of the same transaction as a fact in issue under section 4 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023?

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Res gestae is the conventional name for the same-transaction rule. Section 4 makes such connected facts relevant whether they occurred at the same or different times and places. The connecting fact can be a fact in issue or a relevant fact.

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Option A

Alibi concerns being elsewhere when the alleged act occurred.

Option B

An admission is a statement suggesting an inference about a fact in issue or relevant fact.

Option C

Res gestae identifies the same-transaction rule in section 4.

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A dying declaration concerns the cause or circumstances of the maker’s death when its cause is in question.

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