Directions: A legal phrase that is commonly used is given. Choose its correct meaning. Alibi

Alibi is Latin for "elsewhere": the plea by an accused that he was somewhere else when the offence was committed, so he could not have done it. It does not mean everywhere or nowhere, and it is a defence rather than the absence of an excuse; under the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 such a fact is relevant as one inconsistent with a fact in issue (section 9, formerly section 11 of the Indian Evidence Act).