IPCChapter XVII

S. 408

Criminal breach of trust by clerk or servant

Description

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.

Classification u/schedule 1 CrPC

Offence

Punishment

Criminal breach of trust by a clerk or servant

7 Years + Fine

Cognizance

Bail

Triable By

Cognizable

Non-Bailable

Magistrate First Class

Composition u/s 320 CrPC

Offence is Compoundable by

The owner of the property in respect of which the breach of trust was committed, with the permission of the Court