X, Y and Z are being jointly tried as accomplices to a bank robbery. In his testimony X says that while…

Both the drinking at the bar and the scuffle may be independently proved to corroborate X's testimony. Section 159 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (formerly section 156 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872) specifically illustrates this use of incidents occurring on an accomplice's way to or from a robbery, even if those incidents are otherwise unconnected with the robbery. Their role is to support the reliability of the account, rather than independently establish every element of the robbery.