INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
111A. Presumption as to certain offences.
115. Presumption as to certain offences.
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INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
[111A. Presumption as to certain offences. –– (1) Where a person is accused of having committed
any offence specified in sub-section (2), in ––
1. Subs. by Act 18 of 1872, s. 9, for “when”.
2. Subs. by s. 9, ibid., for “on”.
3. Ins. by Act 61 of 1984, s. 20 (w.e.f. 14-7-1984).
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(a) any area declared to be a disturbed area under any enactment, for the time being in force,
making provision for the suppression of disorder and restoration and maintenance of public order; or
(b) any area in which there has been, over a period of more than one month, extensive disturbance
of the public peace,
and it is shown that such person had been at a place in such area at a time when firearms or explosives
were used at or from that place to attack or resist the members of any armed forces or the forces charged
with the maintenance of public order acting in the discharge of their duties, it shall be presumed, unless
the contrary is shown, that such person had committed such offence.
(2) The offences referred to in sub-section (1) are the following, namely: ––
(a) an offence under section 121, section 121A, section 122 or section 123 of the Indian Penal
Code (45 of 1860);
(b) criminal conspiracy or attempt to commit, or abetment of, an offence under section 122 or
section 123 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).]
Repealed / replaced by BSA India Code — IEA 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
115. Presumption as to certain offences.—(1) Where a person is accused of having committed any
offence specified in sub-section (2), in—
(a) any area declared to be a disturbed area under any enactment for the time being in force,
making provision for the suppression of disorder and restoration and maintenance of public order; or
(b) any area in which there has been, over a period of more than one month, extensive
disturbance of the public peace,
and it is shown that such person had been at a place in such area at a time when firearms or explosives
were used at or from that place to attack or resist the members of any armed forces or the forces charged
with the maintenance of public order acting in the discharge of their duties, it shall be presumed, unless
the contrary is shown, that such person had committed such offence.
(2) The offences referred to in sub-section (1) are the following, namely:—
(a) an offence under section 147, section 148, section 149 or section 150 of the Bharatiya Nyaya
Sanhita, 2023;
(b) criminal conspiracy or attempt to commit, or abetment of, an offence under section
149 or section 150 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
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Current law India Code — BSA 2023