Facts which are occasion, cause or effect of facts in issue or relevant facts
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Summary
Facts that led to, caused, resulted from, or show the surrounding circumstances of the facts in issue are relevant. They apply when those background facts help explain how the main event happened or who had the opportunity to cause it. Such surrounding facts can be admitted as evidence to prove or disprove the main question.
Example
Rohan is accused of robbing Priya's shop. An hour before the theft he was seen near the shop peering through the window and asking when it closed. Those surrounding facts are relevant and can be used as evidence to show he had the opportunity.
Bare Act
Enacted textFacts which are the occasion, cause or effect, immediate or otherwise, of relevant facts, or facts in issue, or which constitute the state of things under which they happened, or which afforded an opportunity for their occurrence or transaction, are relevant.
Illustrations.
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(a) The question is, whether A robbed B. The facts that, shortly before the robbery, B went to a fair with money in his possession, and that he showed it, or mentioned the fact that he had it, to third persons, are relevant.
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(b) The question is, whether A murdered B. Marks on the ground, produced by a struggle at or near the place where the murder was committed, are relevant facts.
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(c) The question is, whether A poisoned B. The state of B's health before the symptoms ascribed to poison, and habits of B, known to A, which afforded an opportunity for the administration of poison, are relevant facts.
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