Plea of Alibi With Reference to Section 103 of The Indian Evidence Act, 1872

Abstract

The word 'Alibi' is a Latin word meaning 'elsewhere' or 'elsewhere'. In criminal cases, Alibi is employed by the complainant against the execution of the suspected crime as a shield. The defendant takes this plea in proceedings to show his or her innocence which implies that he or she was at the execution of the incident at some other place. In fact, the alibi plea suggests that he was not physically present anywhere or somewhere else during the execution of the alleged offence. In such a case, the prosecutor should properly discharge the responsibility. Once the court is favourable in the discharge of the burden, it is compulsory to demonstrate it with utter honesty to the defendant who takes the place of alibi. An alibi is not a conceptualised or proposed exemption in the IPC or in any other statute.