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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, sets out dishonest misappropriation or conversion…

Section 314 covers dishonest appropriation or conversion of movable property. Entrustment distinguishes criminal breach of trust under section 316(1).

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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, sets out dishonest misappropriation or conversion of movable property to one's own use?

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Section 314 covers dishonest appropriation or conversion of movable property. Entrustment distinguishes criminal breach of trust under section 316(1).

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Option A

Section 314 addresses dishonest misappropriation or conversion to one's own use of movable property.

Option B

Section 316(1) defines criminal breach of trust, which requires entrustment with property or dominion over it.

Option C

Section 316(2) prescribes the general punishment for criminal breach of trust.

Option D

Section 318(1) defines cheating, which involves deception and the specified inducement.

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