Section 409 Indian Penal Code (IPC) 1860

Section 409 Indian Penal Code

Section 409 of the Indian Penal Code 1860 is about Criminal breach of trust by public, servant. or by banker, merchant or agent. It is under ‘Of Criminal Breach of Trust’ of CHAPTER XVII (OF OFFENCES AGAINST PROPERTY) of the Code.

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 ¹ [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.