IPC Section 405 — Criminal breach of trust

criminal breach trust

Criminal

Summary

A person commits criminal breach of trust if they have been given control or responsibility over someone else’s property, and they dishonestly take that property for their own use, or use or get rid of it in a way that breaks a legal rule or a contract (whether written or spoken) about how they should handle it. It also applies if they knowingly allow another person to do any of these things with the property.

Official Text

Whoever, being in any manner entrusted with property, or with any dominion over property, dishonestly misappropriates or converts to his own use that property, or dishonestly uses or disposes off that property in violation of any direction of law prescribing the mode in which such trust is to be discharged, or of any legal contract, express or implied, which he has made touching the discharge of such trust, or wilfully suffers any other person so to do, commits “criminal breach of trust”.

Related Provisions

criminal breach of trust

Related Judgments

  • S.C.R. 57 57 N. RAGHAVENDER v. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, CBI — Supreme Court of India (2021)
  • SC (1957) Vol.1 p.423 — Supreme Court of India (1957)
  • ASOKE BASAK v. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND 743 ORS — Supreme Court of India (2010)
  • R. VENKATAKRISHNAN v. CENTRAL BUREAU OF 781 INVESTIGATION — Supreme Court of India (2009)
  • SHANTILAL MEHTA v. C.8.1. 699 A — Supreme Court of India (2009)
  • S.C.R. 884 884 VIJAY KUMAR GHAI & ORS v. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL & ORS — Supreme Court of India (2022)
  • M N G BHARATEESH REDDY v. RAMESH RANGANATHAN AND ANOTHER — Supreme Court of India (2022)
  • VEERPRAKASHSHARMA v. ANIL KUMAR AGARWAL AND ANR. AUGUST I, 2007 — Supreme Court of India (2006)

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