Question
A is accused of burning down his house in order to obtain money for which it is insured. The facts that A lived in several houses successively, each of which he insured, in each of which a fire occurred, and after each of which fires A received payment from a different insurance office. This statement is relevant, as tending to show that the fires were not accidental, under which section of Indian Evidence Act 1872?
Solution
Section 15 of Indian Evidence Act - Facts bearing on question whether act was accidental or intentional: When there is a question whether an act was accidental or intentional, (or done with a particular knowledge or intention) the fact that such act formed part of a series of similar occurrences, in each of which the person doing the act was concerned, is relevant.
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