14/10/2026
2020 SCMR 1258
-S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 419, 420, 468 & 471---Cheating by personation, cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property, forgery for purpose of cheating, using as genuine a forged document---Bail, grant of---Offences alleged against the accused fell outside the prohibitory clause of S. 497, Cr.P.C.---Accused was behind bars for more than three months and nothing was to be recovered from him---In such like cases, grant of bail was a rule and refusal an exception---Petition for leave to appeal was converted into appeal and allowed and accused was allowed bail.