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A is the sole legal and beneficial owner of a watch and holds it entirely on A’s own account. No one…

Criminal breach of trust under section 316(1) begins with entrustment of property or dominion over it. A holds the watch exclusively for A’s own benefit and has received no…

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A is the sole legal and beneficial owner of a watch and holds it entirely on A’s own account. No one has entrusted the watch or dominion over it to A. Does selling the watch constitute criminal breach of trust under section 316(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023?

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Criminal breach of trust under section 316(1) begins with entrustment of property or dominion over it. A holds the watch exclusively for A’s own benefit and has received no such entrustment. Its sale does not constitute this offence.

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Option A

Disposal alone is insufficient. The property or dominion over it must first have been entrusted.

Option B

The statute requires entrustment of the property or dominion over it. The facts expressly rule that out.

Option C

Ownership does not establish entrustment. A holds the watch entirely on A’s own account.

Option D

Judicial authorization of a sale does not substitute for the statutory inquiry into entrustment.

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