General Explanations
IPC Section 26 - "Reason to believe "
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Simple language explanation
IPC Section 26 deals with "reason to believe ".
Full official legal text
26. "Reason to believe ". A person is said to have "reason to believe " a thing, if he has sufficient
cause to believe that thing but not otherwise.
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