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A finds Z’s lost gold ring on the road, knows it belongs to Z, and dishonestly pledges it for a…

BNS section 314 covers dishonest conversion of movable property, including appropriation by a finder who knows or has means to discover the owner. Pledging the ring for a…

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A finds Z’s lost gold ring on the road, knows it belongs to Z, and dishonestly pledges it for a personal loan. Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, A has committed:

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BNS section 314 covers dishonest conversion of movable property, including appropriation by a finder who knows or has means to discover the owner. Pledging the ring for a personal loan is conversion; temporary appropriation can suffice. Finding it does not establish entrustment for criminal breach of trust or removal from another’s possession for theft.

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Option A

Knowing the owner and dishonestly pledging the lost ring is conversion under section 314.

Option B

No entrustment is stated for criminal breach of trust.

Option C

A lost ring on the road is not taken out of another person’s possession for theft.

Option D

Known ownership and dishonest pledging exclude innocent protective finding.

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