Landmark case · Law of Evidence · Semester 2

Shambhu Nath Mehra v. State of Ajmer

AIR 1956 SC 404 · Supreme Court of India

The burden of proving a fact especially within the knowledge of a person lies on that person, but it does not relieve the prosecution of proving the ingredients of the offence.

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Burden of proof and presumptions — Unit IV, Law of Evidence.

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Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, 104–108 — Burden of proof and on whom it lies (IEA 101–104, 106)
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, 116–117 — Presumption as to abetment of suicide by a married woman and as to dowry death (IEA 113A–113B)
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, 119 — Court may presume existence of certain facts (IEA 114)