Indian Penal Code (IPC) S. 408. Criminal breach of trust by clerk or servant.
408. Criminal breach of trust by clerk or servant.—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.
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Cognizable or not? |
Cognizable |
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Whether Bailable? |
Non-bailable |
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Compoundable or not? |
Compoundable (with permission of court) by the owner of the property in respect of which the breach of trust has been committed |
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Triable by whom? |
Magistrate of the first class |
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