Hope and believe, There is a marked difference between 'hope' and 'believe'. 'To hope' means 'to want and expect'; 'to look forward with expectation and desire'. 'Hope' is a wishful feeling floating on nebulous foams projected into the unknown future. Deep hidden in 'hope' dwells a lingering doubt, a speck of suspicion, that what is desired and expected may not turn out true. Not un often, in the mind of the person hoping, there lurks subconscious fear that the 'hope' may turn out a 'dupe'. In contrast with it, the term 'believe' in the sense in which it is used in s. 164, has 'logical confidence' or 'rational convic-tion' as its essential element. It imports a very high degree of expectation wrought by reason, a satisfaction fast-rooted in terra firma, free from doubt as to the truth of the fact perceived and believed, Chandran v. State of Madras, AIR 1978 SC 1574 (1581): (1978) 4 SCC 90.
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