Quick Navigation
Section 106 - Indian Evidence Act, 1872
Indian Evidence Act, 1872
106. Burden of proving fact especially within knowledge
When any fact is especially within the knowledge of any person, the burden of proving that fact is upon him.
Illustrations
(a) when a person does an act with some intention other than that which the character and circumstances of the act suggest, the burden of proving that intention is upon him.
(b) A is charged with traveling on a railway without a ticket. The burden of proving that he had a ticket is on him.
Related Sections
- Section 107: Burden of proving death of person known to have been alive within thirty years
- Section 135: Order of production and examination of witnesses
- Section 114A: Presumption as to absence of consent in certain prosecutions for rape
- Section 129: Confidential communications with legal advisers
- Section 4: "May presume"
Related Acts
* Only for reference.