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....iniyam to be conclusive proof of another, the Court shall, on proof of the one fact, regard the other as proved, and shall not allow evidence to be given for the purpose of disproving it; (c) "disproved" in relation to a fact, means when, after considering the matters before it, the Court either believes that it does not exist, or considers its non-existence so probable that a prudent man....

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...., laptop or smartphone, messages, websites, locational evidence and voice mail messages stored on digital devices are documents; (e) "evidence" means and includes- (i) all statements including statements given electronically which the Court permits or requires to be made before it by witnesses in relation to matters of fact under inquiry and such statements are called oral eviden....

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.... at a specified time conscious of a particular sensation, is a fact; (g) "facts in issue" means and includes any fact from which, either by itself or in connection with other facts, the existence, non-existence, nature or extent of any right, liability or disability, asserted or denied in any suit or proceeding, necessarily follows. Explanation.-Whenever, under the provisions of ....

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.... call for proof of it; (i) "not proved".-A fact is said to be not proved when it is neither proved nor disproved; (j) "proved".-A fact is said to be proved when, after considering the matters before it, the Court either believes it to exist, or considers its existence so probable that a prudent man ought, under the circumstances of the particular case, to act upon the supposition....