Criminal breach of trust by clerk or servant
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Summary
A clerk or servant who is entrusted with property or control over property and then misuses, converts, or withholds it in breach of that trust commits criminal breach of trust. It applies when the property was given to them because of their position. The consequence is imprisonment for up to seven years and a fine.
Example
Priya works as a shop clerk and is entrusted with the day’s cash. She takes the cash for her own use instead of handing it to the owner. That is criminal breach of trust by a clerk; she can face up to seven years’ imprisonment and a fine.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhoever, being a clerk or servant or employed as a clerk or servant, and being in any manner entrusted in such capacity with property, or with any dominion over property, commits criminal breach of trust in respect of that property, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
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