An alibi is proof that a person accused of a crime was somewhere else at the time the crime was committed. Raju is accused of breaking into a shop at 10 p.m. on Monday. Which of the following is the best example of an alibi for Raju?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Camera footage from a hospital 40 km from the shop shows Raju sitting in its waiting room from 9 p.m. to midnight on Monday.
An alibi has two parts: there is proof, and it shows the accused was somewhere else at the very time of the crime.
In Option (4) the camera footage is proof, and it places Raju 40 km away for the whole time from 9 p.m. to midnight, which covers 10 p.m. Both parts are present.
Why the other options are incorrect
Option (1) Raju tells the police that he is an honest man who has never stolen anything in his life. — Incorrect. This is only Raju’s word about his character; it gives no proof of where he was.
Option (2) Raju’s neighbour says she saw Raju at home at 6 p.m. on Monday. — Incorrect. 6 p.m. is four hours before the break-in, so it does not show where Raju was at 10 p.m.
Option (3) Raju admits that he was at the shop at 10 p.m. on Monday but says he had gone to buy medicine. — Incorrect. Raju was at the shop at the time, not somewhere else.