A form of defence whereby a defendant attempts to prove that he was elsewhere when the crime was committed; The fact of having been elsewhere when a crime was committed.

It is a defense by an accused person to show that he could not have committed the crime in question. A Customs officer arrested by the CBI claimed an alibi that at the time of CBI’s search, he was actually accompanying a dead body in a far off place and the court accepted the alibi on the ground that when two pieces of evidence both equally strong and credible are available as in this case, the benefit of doubt should be given to the accused.