Believe and hope Cr. P.C. 1973, S. 164 There is a marked different in what is connoted by "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 unoften, in the mind of the person hoping, there lurks subconscious fear that the "hope" may turn out a "dupe", in the sense in which it is used in S. 164, has 'logical confidence' or 'rational conviction' 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)