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20. Now we shall examine whether the appellant (complainant) has signed the above discharge vouchers, with his free consent and free will ?

21. In Section 14, 15, 16, 17 & 18 of The Indian Contract Act, 1872 "Free Consent" "Coercion", "Undue Influence", "Fraud" and "Misrepresentation""respectively have been defined. Section 14, 15, 16, 17 & 18 of The Indian Contract Act, 1872, run thus :-

"Section 14. "Free Consent" defined .-
Consent is said to be free when it is not caused by -
(1) coercion, as defined in Sec, 15, or (2) undue influence, as defined in Sec. 16, or (3) fraud, as defined in Sec. 17, or (4) misrepresentative, as defined in Sec. 18, or (5) mistake, subject to the provisions of Secs. 20, 21 and 22.

Consent is said to be so caused when it would not have been given by for the existence of such coercion, undue influence, fraud, misrepresentation or mistake.

Section 15. "Coercion" defined. -

(3) Where a person who is in position to dominate the will of another, enters into a contract with him, and the transaction appears, on the face of it or on the evidence adduced, to be unconscionable, the burden of proving that such contract was not induced by undue influence shall be upon the person in a position to dominate the will of the other.

Nothing in this sub-section shall affect the provisions of Sec. 111 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872)."

Section 17 "Fraud" defined - "Fraud" means and includes any of the following acts committed by a party to a contract, or with his connivance, or by // 17 // his agent, with intent to deceive another party thereto or his agent, or to induce him to enter into the contract -