RELEVANCE OF CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE IN A CRIMINAL TRIAL
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The word evidence has been derived from the Latin word “evidens Evidera” which means to show distinctly, to make clear, to discover clearly, to prove or to ascertain.
Under the Indian Evidence Act, Sec. 3 defines evidence. According to this definition, evidence means and includes:
“Oral evidence is defined as a statement of a witness made before a court in which the court permits or requires in relation to matters of fact under enquiry, All documents, including electronic records, produced for the inspection of the court, such documents are called documentary evidence.”
This is not an exact definition of term evidence but it is just a statement under which the term evidence includes any oral account of the happening of the event given by those who have personally witnessed the event like hearing and seeing the explosion, and it also includes a document in which the happening and seeing of the fact or event is recorded. According to this definition, there are only two types of evidence i.e. statement of witnesses and document but this does not mean that there is no other kind of evidence. The definition is definitely an exhaustive one but it simply means that the evidences can ultimately be reduced to categories of Oral and Documentary evidence.
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