Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Section 408

IPC 408 in BNS: Section 316(4)

Section 408 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 corresponds to Section 316(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. IPC 408 deals with criminal breach of trust by clerk or servant. BNS 316 brings it together with IPC 405, 406, 407 and 409. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024, replacing the IPC.

Indian Penal Code

IPC 408 is now BNS 316(4).

Criminal breach of trust by clerk or servant · BNS 316 brings it together with IPC 405, 406, 407 and 409.

Merged
Old wording kept in full
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. XVII
s. 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.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. XVII
s. 316(4)of section 316
Criminal breach of trust.
(4) 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.
Text from India Code
Also in BNS 316
Old classification · CrPC First Schedule, for IPC 408
CognizableCognizable
BailableNon-bailable
PunishmentImprisonment for 7 years and fine.
Triable byMagistrate of the first class.
For an offence under the BNS, check the First Schedule of the BNSS.

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