Section 409 of IPC 1860: Criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant or agent
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Criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant or agent-Indian Penal Code
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 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.