No Inflexible Rule That Alibi Can Be Proved Only During Trial; S. 498A IPC Case Against BSF Personnel Quashed: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has delivered an important judgment on the use of documentary evidence to establish an accused person’s alibi before the criminal trial begins. A Bench comprising Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Augustine George Masih held that an accused is not always required to wait until trial to prove an alibi when reliable and undisputed official records clearly establish that the accused was not present at the place of…