Plea of Alibi Must Be Proved During Trial; Investigating Officer Cannot Unilaterally Accept It as True to File Final Report: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a plea of alibi can be proved only during a criminal trial by leading evidence before the Trial Court. The Court ruled that an Investigating Officer cannot accept an accused person's defence of alibi as true during investigation and file a final report solely on that basis. The judgment was delivered by Justice Vivek Kumar Singh while dismissing an application filed under Section…