Whoever, 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.
CHAPTER XVII OF OFFENCES AGAINST PROPERTY · Of criminal breach of trust
Section 408: Criminal breach of trust by clerk or servant
The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (repealed)
Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.
Now in the BNS
As given in the official comparison tables of the Bureau of Police Research and Development and the Allahabad High Court (the NCRB table has no row for it). Read both texts before relying on it.
| IPC 408 | BNS 316(4) |
Questions on this section
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1. A, a cashier employed by a firm, is entrusted in that capacity with the day's cash collections. He dishonestly misappropriates part of the cash. Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, A is punishable under