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In any judicial proceeding, the case may be proved either by oral evidence or by documentary evidence. Oral evidence means the statement of the witness and documentary evidence means the document produced for the inspection of the court in support of the claim. The rule of best evidence enshrined in the provision of the law of evidence is that the evidence must be of the witness who says that he has full and complete knowledge of the fact is issue. This provision is enshrined under section 60 of the act. This section precludes the admission of evidences which are not directly related to the fact in issue. The evidence act also provides that hearsay evidence shall not be admitted however section 6 is an exception to the rule of hearsay. Section 6 provides that the facts which are not in issue may be relevant if they are the part of same transaction. The rule of same transaction is provided under English term res gestae. The facts which are to be proved must be different from the fact in issue but necessary for proving the fact in issue. In any proceedings all the evidences are not admissible. Only those facts are admissible which are connected to the facts in issue and relevant fact. Admissibility is different from the relevancy. All admissible facts are relevant but all relevant facts are not admissible. In the doctrine of res gestae, the facts which are directly connected to the facts in issue by establishing a chain of circumstances are admissible as evidence only.