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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 21: Proof of admissions against persons making them, and by or on their behalf
- Section 54: Previous bad character not relevant, except in reply
- Section 94: Exclusion of evidence against application of document to existing facts
- Section 127: Section 126 to apply to interpreters etc.
- Section 80: Presumption as to documents produced as record of evidence
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