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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 150: When witness to be compelled to answer
- Section 91: Presumption as to due execution, etc., of documents not produced
- Section 159: Questions tending to corroborate evidence of relevant fact, admissible
- Section 143: Order of examinations
- Section 47: In criminal cases previous good character relevant
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