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Indian Evidence Act (IEA) 1872 Relevancy of Facts

Match the following statements with the correct provisions of Indian Evidence Act -

(i) Good character of an accused person as an evidence is admissible as from this his innocence or guilt may be inferred.

1) Section 55

(ii) When previous conviction is relevant at the trial, bad character is relevant.

2) Section 52

(iii) In civil cases, a party’s character as an evidentiary fact is totally excluded

3) Section 54

(iv) Evidence of character can be given in civil action only when the suit is for damages and not in all the damages suits but only in those cases in which the amount of damages

depends on the character of the party

4) Section 53

i-1, ii-2, iii-3, iv-4

i-4, ii-3, iii-2, iv-1

i-3, ii-2, iii-1, iv-4

i-2, ii-1, iii-4, iv-3

Explanation:

Relevancy of character is given from section 52 to 55 of the Act and the general rule about the admissibility of character is that from a party’s character his liablity cannot be presumed.