Section 8 of the Indian Evidence Act makes relevant any fact which sho…

Question

Section 8 of the Indian Evidence Act makes relevant any fact which shows or constitutes a **motive** or preparation for any fact in issue or relevant fact. According to the lesson, motive is:

Accepted Answer

D. {'text': 'Different from intention; the substantive law is rarely concerned with motive, but its existence may be relevant in every criminal case as evidence', 'label': 'D'}

1. Section 8 of the Act makes motive, preparation, and previous/subsequent conduct relevant.
2. Lesson 11 says: "Motive means which moves a person to act in a particular way. It is **different from intention**."
3. "The substantive law is rarely concerned with motive, but the existence of a motive, from the point of view of evidence, would be a relevant fact, in every criminal case."
4. Motive is a **psychological fact** and almost always proved by circumstantial evidence.
_Source: ICSI CS Executive Paper 1 — Jurisprudence, Interpretation & General Laws, Lesson 11 (Indian Evidence Act, 1872), pp. 251-272._

Answer

{'text': 'Always identical with intention and required to be specifically proved in every criminal case before conviction can follow at all', 'label': 'A'}

Answer

{'text': 'Relevant only in civil cases and entirely excluded as inadmissible in every criminal case under any provision of the Indian Evidence Act', 'label': 'B'}

Answer

{'text': 'Irrelevant in every criminal case under the Act regardless of whether direct or circumstantial evidence is being relied upon by the prosecution', 'label': 'C'}