Whether the court should accept plea of Alibi taken by accused if at the time of incident he was at a short distance from spot of offence?

[Educator]

The plea of alibi postulates the physical impossibility of the presence of the accused at the scene of offence by reason of his presence at another place. The plea can therefore succeed only if it is shown that the accused was so far away at the relevant time that he could not be present at the place where the crime was committed.The evidence of the defence witnesses, accepting it at its face