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Section 103 - Indian Evidence Act, 1872
Indian Evidence Act, 1872
103. 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
78 [(a)] 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 98: Evidence as to meaning of illegible characters, etc.
- Section 164: Using, as evidence, of document production of which was refused on notice
- Section 30: Consideration of proved confession affecting person making it and others jointly under trial for same offence
- Section 34: Entries in books of account when relevant
- Section 6: Relevancy of facts forming part of same transaction
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