Case Law Analysis
|Bombay High Court
Section 82 Registration Act | Mere Clerical Error Without Fraudulent Intent Not Punishable: Bombay HC Quashes Prosecution
Bombay High Court rules that a clerical error in area description in a registration document does not constitute an offence under Section 82 of the Registration Act if there is no intent to evade stamp duty. The ruling underscores that criminal liability requires proof of mens rea, protecting parties from prosecution for inadvertent mistakes.