Short Essay on the Plea of Alibi – A person cannot be present at two places at the same time. Therefore, when an allegation is leveled against a person and he takes the plea that he was at some other place when the alleged crime was committed and there was no possibility of his being at the scene of the crime, such a plea is called the plea of alibi.
While making such a plea the accused not only has to prove that he was not at another place but has also to prove by cogent evidence that there was no chance of his being at the crime scene. For instance, the crime scene was, say, a kilometer away from the place, the accused claims to be present.
It is very much possible for that person to commit the crime and be back at the place he claims to be. However, if he establishes that during the whole period when the crime occurred he was with a few people, who testify to that effect, and never went out of their sight for that duration, the plea of alibi is very much credible and the person has a fair chance of being acquitted.
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