In a significant judgement, the Supreme Court ruled that an accused who has taken up a plea of self-defence does not need to prove it beyond reasonable doubt and it’s enough if he/she can show the preponderance of probabilities. In this case, the accused was serving in the BSF and caused the death of a
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