Criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant or agent
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Summary
Public servants and persons acting as bankers, merchants, factors, brokers, attorneys or agents who are entrusted with property or given control over it and then dishonestly misappropriate or misuse it commit criminal breach of trust. The punishment is life imprisonment, or imprisonment for up to ten years, and a fine. It applies where the trust or control arises from the job or business role.
Example
Ravi is a bank manager entrusted with customers' fixed-deposit papers. He diverts some deposit money into his own account and spends it. That is criminal breach of trust under this section and can attract life imprisonment or imprisonment up to ten years and a fine.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhoever, being in any manner entrusted with property, or with any dominion over property in his capacity of a public servant or in the way of his business as a banker, merchant, factor, broker, attorney or agent, commits criminal breach of trust in respect of that property, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
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