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Contents Meaning of Evidence Case Laws on Evidence Definition of word “evidence” under the Evidence Act is exhaustive What would be the meaning of the ‘evidence‘ has been elucidated by Hon’ble Constitutional Bench of Hon’ble Supreme Court in Hardip Singh & Ors vs. State of Punjab and others (2014) 3 SCC 92, wherein it was held as under: For getting free Indian Judgments in your inbox click Subscribe According to Section 3 of the Evidence Act, ‘evidence’ means and includes: (1) all statements which the Court permits or requires to be made before it by witnesses, in relation to matters of fact under inquiry; such statements are called oral evidence; (2) all documents including electronic records produced for the inspection of the Court, such statements are called documentary evidence; # Meaning of Evidence According to Tomlin’s Law Dictionary, Evidence is “the means from which an inference may logically be drawn as to the existence of a fact. It consists of proof by te...

Section 27, Evidence Act, reads as follows: Provided that when any fact is deposed to as discovered in consequence of information received from a person accused of any offence, in the custody of a Police Officer, so much of such information, whether it amounts to a confession or not, as relates distinctly to the fact thereby discovered, may be proved. In Pulukuri Kottaya v. King Emperor, reported as AIR 1947 PC 67 and in State (NCT of Delhi) v. Navjot Sandhu, (2005) 11 SCC 600 : 2005 SCC (Cri) 1715, the following principles of law with regard to section 27 of the Evidence Act were enunciated: 1. The term ‘fact’, employed in Section 27 of the Evidence Act, embraces within its fold, both the physical object as well as the mental element in relation thereto. 2. The important condition of the said provision is that only ‘so much of the information’ as relates distinctly to the fact thereby discovered is admissible. The rest of the information has to be excluded. 3. The expressions ...