# Section 104 in THE BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023 – BSA

> PART IVPRODUCTION AND EFFECT OF EVIDENCECHAPTER VII OF THE BURDEN OF PROOFBurden of proof.104. Whoever desires any Court to give judgment as to any legal right or liability dependent on the existence…

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Author: Sudhir Rao — Advocate, Supreme Court of India  
Category: BSA  
Published: 2024-09-08

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PART IV

PRODUCTION AND EFFECT OF EVIDENCE

CHAPTER VII

OF THE BURDEN OF PROOF

**Burden of proof.**

**104.**Whoever desires any Court to give judgment as to any legal right or liability dependent on the existence of facts which he asserts must prove that those facts exist, and when a person is bound to prove the existence of any fact, it is said that the burden of proof lies on that person.

**Illustrations.**

(a) A desires a Court to give judgment that B shall be punished for a crime which A says B has committed. A must prove that B has committed the crime.

(b) A desires a Court to give judgment that he is entitled to certain land in the possession of B, by reason of facts which he asserts, and which B denies, to be true. A must prove the existence of those facts.

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