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Section 408. Criminal breach of trust by clerk or servant

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Indian Penal Code, 1860
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Indian Penal Code, 1860

408. Criminal breach of trust by clerk or servant

Whoever, being 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.