Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 409. Criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant or agent.

Indian Penal Code (IPC) S. 409. Criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant or agent.

409. Criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant or agent.—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 [i][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.

 

More details about this Section

Cognizable or not?

Cognizable

Whether Bailable?

Non-bailable

Compoundable or not?

Not compoundable

Triable by whom?

Magistrate of the first class

 

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[i]  Substituted by Act 26 of 1955, S. 117 and Sch., for “transportation for life”.

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