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Y is accused of murdering X. Y produces a hospital admission slip indicating that Y was in hospital…

Section 9 makes an otherwise irrelevant fact relevant if it is inconsistent with a fact in issue or makes that fact highly probable or improbable. Hospital admission…

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Y is accused of murdering X. Y produces a hospital admission slip indicating that Y was in hospital elsewhere with a dislocated hip during the alleged murder. Under which provision of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 is the fact indicated by the slip relevant?

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Section 9 makes an otherwise irrelevant fact relevant if it is inconsistent with a fact in issue or makes that fact highly probable or improbable. Hospital admission elsewhere at the time of the alleged murder can support an alibi. The admission slip must still be proved in accordance with the applicable rules of evidence.

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Option A

Section 4 concerns facts that form part of the same transaction.

Option B

Section 7 concerns facts needed to explain or introduce a relevant fact, among other purposes.

Option C

Section 8 concerns acts or statements by a conspirator in reference to a common design.

Option D

Section 9 makes the alleged hospital admission relevant because it is inconsistent with presence at the crime scene.

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