When a person is accused of any offence, the burden of proving the existence of circumstances bringing the case within any of the General Exceptions in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, or within any special exception or proviso contained in any other part of the same Sanhita, or in any law defining the offence, is upon him, and the Court shall presume the absence of such circumstances.
Chapter VII — Of the Burden of Proof