Indian Evidence Act, 1872
90A. Presumption as to electronic records five year old
Where any electronic
record, purporting or proved to be five years old, is produced from any custody
which the Court in the particular case considers proper, the Court may presume
that the digital signature which purports to be the digital signature of any
particular was so affixed by him or any person authorized by him in this
behalf.
Explanation.- Electronic records are
said to be in proper custody if they are in the place in which, and under the
care of the person with whom, they naturally be; but no custody is improper if
it is proved to have had a legitimate origin, or the circumstances of the
particular case are such as to render such an origin probable.
This Explanation
applies also to section 81A.]