Facts which are the occasion, cause or effect of facts in issue
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Summary
Facts that are the occasion, cause, or effect of the facts in issue, or that show the state of things when they happened, or that afforded an opportunity for their occurrence, are relevant and can be admitted as evidence. Use this when surrounding circumstances help explain how or why the main fact happened. Such facts help establish motive, opportunity, sequence, or context.
Example
Ravi went to a fair carrying cash and told two friends he had money. Later his house was robbed. The fact he attended the fair with cash and mentioned it to others is relevant here because it explains why he had money and how a robber might have learned about it, so it can be used as evidence.
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
- (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.
(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.
(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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