INTRODUCTION
Alibi is a maxim which means at another place. The word
"alibi" comes from Latin and its literal translation
means "elsewhere". The Black's Law Dictionary (8th
ed. 2004) defines Alibi as "A defense based on the physical
impossibility of a defendant's guilt by placing the defendant
in a location other than the scene of the crime at the relevant
time. The fact or state of having been elsewhere when an offense
was committed." Alibi, therefore, is a defense which can be
taken by the accused in the criminal proceedings by taking the plea
that when the offence was committed, the accused was not present at
that place.
"Alibi" itself is not defined in the Indian Penal
Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as "IPC") or the
Evidence Act, 1872 (hereinafter referred to as "Evidence
Act"). However, it falls within the scheme of Section 11 of
the Evidence Act. As per Section 11, there are certain facts which
otherwise not relevant become relevant.1 Under the
scheme
