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Section 106 - The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
106. Burden of proof as to particular fact.
The burden of proof as to any particular fact lies on that person who wishes the Court to believe in its existence, unless it is provided by any law that the proof of that fact shall lie on any particular person.
Illustration.
A prosecutes B for theft, and wishes the Court to believe that B admitted the theft to C. A must prove the admission. B wishes the Court to believe that, at the time in question, he was elsewhere. He must prove it.
Related Sections
- Section 144: Cross-examination of person called to produce a document
- Section 105: On whom burden of proof lies
- Section 153: Procedure of Court in case of question being asked without reasonable grounds
- Section 99: Evidence as to application of language which can apply to one only of several persons
- Section 124: Who may testify
Related Acts
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