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?

Q: Answer-A is accused of burning down his house in order to obtain money for which it is insured. The facts t...

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.