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Hiten P. Dalal vs Bratindranath Banerjee on 11 July, 2001

21. The accused is not supposed to prove his defence 'beyond reasonable doubt' under the law and if any economic law shifts the burden on the accused to rebut any presumption, the extent of onus to be discharged by him has been laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in case titled Hiten P. Dalal Vs Bratindranath Banerjee cited as 2001 (6) SCC 16 in para 20 as follows:­ ".....Therefore, the rebuttal does not have to be conclusively established but such evidence must be adduced before the court in support of the defence that the Court must either believe the defence to exist or consider its existence to be reasonably probable, the standard or reasonability being that of the 'prudent man'."
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