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A newly married woman entrusted her stridhan jewellery to her husband for safe custody in a bank…

Under Section 316(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 405 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860), and as held by the Supreme Court in Pratibha Rani v. Suraj…

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A newly married woman entrusted her stridhan jewellery to her husband for safe custody in a bank locker. He dishonestly pledged the jewellery elsewhere as security for a personal loan. What offence has he committed?

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Under Section 316(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 405 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860), and as held by the Supreme Court in Pratibha Rani v. Suraj Kumar (1985), when a wife entrusts her stridhan jewellery to her husband for safe custody and he dishonestly misappropriates or pledges it for his own use in violation of the trust, he commits criminal breach of trust.

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