Case Law Analysis
|Chhattisgarh High Court
BNS Sections 464-471 | Bona Fide Error in Property Deed Not Criminal Without Intent to Defraud : Chhattisgarh HC
The Chhattisgarh High Court granted anticipatory bail where a property sale deed mistakenly listed a living person as deceased, emphasizing that mere clerical error, promptly corrected without fraudulent intent, does not attract charges under Sections 464-471 of the BNS. This ruling clarifies that procedural inaccuracies in land records, absent malice or deception, cannot be criminalized under forgery provisions, protecting innocent families from arbitrary arrest.