''Guilt should be proved beyond reasonable doubts'' what does it mean?see details.India?

Question

While I read some questions and answers in yahoo answers forum upon legal matters I often read this line at many places ; ''guilt should be proved beyond reasonable doubts to make somebody criminally liable''.
What does it mean (India)??
What are those REASONABLE DOUBTS of some case beyond which guilt of some accused should be proved to consider him an offender (India)?

Answer 1

Here's the "long" version...

This is the standard required by the prosecution in most criminal cases within an adversarial system. This means that the proposition being presented by the government must be proven to the extent that there is no "reasonable doubt" in the mind of a reasonable person that the defendant is guilty. There can still be a doubt, but only to the extent that it would not affect a "reasonable person's" belief that the defendant is guilty. If the doubt that is raised does affect a "reasonable person's" belief that the defendant is guilty, the jury is not satisfied beyond a "reasonable doubt". The precise meaning of words such as "reasonable" and "doubt" are usually defined within jurisprudence of the applicable country. In the United States, it is usually reversible error to instruct a jury that they should find guilt on a certain percentage of certainty (such as 90% certain). Usually, reasonable doubt is defined as "any doubt which would make a reasonable person hesitate in the most important of his or her affairs."

I'm not sure how the court system works in India - but in (north) america, it is up to the the prosecution to prove guilt. In other parts of the world, you have to prove that someone is innocent...

Answer 2

Whether they use different rules in India, "beyond a reasonable doubt" normally means that the prosecution presents information that so sharply limits the possibilities of other people doing the crime/offense that no reasonable person could question them and the defense has not raised any reasonable doubts that the evidence is flawed or that other people could have done the offense. (Saying "a Martian could have landed and shot the man" is not creating a reasonable doubt.)

Answer 3

Guilt should be proved beyond all reasonable doubt means, in short, that any possibility, other than the one proved, is highly improbable.

Answer 4

realy great for indian peoples and always.