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Definition :

Reasonable and probable cause, means genuine belief based on reasonable grounds that the proceedings are justified, ST Sahib v. Hassan Ghani Sahib, AIR 1957 Mad 646.

Reasonable and probable cause, such grounds as justify any one in suspecting another of a crime and giving him in custody thereon. Its absence is one of the causes of action in an action for malicious prosecution and its existence is a defence to an action for false imprisonment. After the jury have found the facts, the question whether the facts show a reasonable and probable cause is a question of law, not fact, but the judge may leave that finding to the jury in some cases, McDonald v. Rooke, (1835) 2 Bing (NC) 217. See Addison on Torts; Clerk and Lindsell on Torts. See FALSE IMPRISONMENT; MALICIOUS PROSECUTION.

'Reasonable and probable cause' means a genuine belief, based on reasonable grounds, that the proceedings are justified, S.T. Sahib v. N. Hasan Ghani Sahib, AIR 1957 Mad 646.

Reasonable and probable cause means an honest belief in the guilt of the accused based upon a full conviction, founded upon reasonable grounds, of the existence of a state of circumstances, which, assuming them to be true, would reasonably lead any ordinarily prudent and cautious man, placed in the position of the accuser, to the conclusion that the person charged was probably guilty of the crime imputed, Nagendra Kumar v. Etwari Sahu, AIR 1958 Pat 329.