IPC 409 — Criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant or agent

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Statutory text

Whoever,  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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