Section 316 of BNS – Section 316: Criminal breach of trust.

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

CHAPTER XVII: OF OFFENCES AGAINST PROPERTY

Of criminal breach of trust

Section 316: Criminal breach of trust.

Criminal Breach of Trust

(1) Whoever, being in any manner entrusted with property, or with any dominion over property, dishonestly misappropriates or converts to his own use that property, or dishonestly uses or disposes of that property in violation of any direction of law prescribing the mode in which such trust is to be discharged, or of any legal contract, express or implied, which he has made touching the discharge of such trust, or wilfully suffers any other person so to do, commits criminal breach of trust.

Explanation 1

A person, being an employer of an establishment whether exempted under section 17 of the Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 or not who deducts the employee

Explanation using examples

Example 1:

Ravi is the manager of a small company in Mumbai. As part of his duties, he is responsible for collecting and depositing the employees' contributions to the Provident Fund. Instead of depositing the collected amount into the Provident Fund, Ravi uses the money to pay off his personal debts. Ravi has committed a criminal breach of trust as he was entrusted with the employees' contributions and dishonestly misappropriated the funds for his own

Section 316 of BNS : Section 316: Criminal breach of trust.

Bare Act

Criminal Breach of Trust

Explanation 1

Simplified Act

Criminal Breach of Trust

Explanation 1

Explanation using examples

Example 1:

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