Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Chapter II: General Explanations
Section 26: “Reason to believe”
The Indian Penal Code, 1860 was repealed and replaced by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 from 1 July 2024. It still applies to offences and proceedings from before that date.
A person is said to have “reason to believe” a thing if he has sufficient cause to believe that thing but not otherwise.
Corresponding sections were matched by comparing the wording of both official texts, and for the IPC and BNS, also against a published correspondence table. Wording, punishments and structure often changed, so read both sections before relying on the match.
Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the text of the Act as it stood before its repeal. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 26
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ITC Limited v. State of Karnataka & Anr.
Whether the inspection and seizure conducted by Respondent No.2 u/s.15, Legal Metrology Act, 2009 without obtaining a prior warrant, was unlawful and violative of the principles of natural justice, thereby justifying…
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Radhika Agarwal v. Union of India and Others
Challenge to the constitutional validity and the right of the authorized officers to arrest under the Customs Act, 1962 and the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (GST Act).
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Ravinder Kumar v. State of Haryana
FIR under Section 23 of the Pre Conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994 and a complaint under Section 28(1) was filed against the appellant and co-accused persons. The…
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Arvind Kejriwal v. Directorate of Enforcement
Validity of arrest of the appellant under Section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002; scope and ambit of the Courts to examine the legality of the arrest under Section 19; whether the Court while…
- The State of Maharashtra & Anr. v. Dr. Maroti S/O Kashinath Pimpalkar
- Tofan Singh v. State of Tamil Nadu
- P. Chidambaram v. Directorate of Enforcement
- State of Maharashtra and Others v. Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Co. Pvt. Ltd.
- Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecological Societies of India (Fogsi) v. Union of India and Others
- Dr. Subhash Kashinath Mahajan v. The State of Maharashtra and Anr.