Whoever, being entrusted with property as a carrier, wharfinger or warehouse-keeper, commits criminal breach of trust in respect of such property, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Section 407: Criminal breach of trust by carrier, etc
The Indian Penal Code, 1860Central Act · Act 45 of 1860
Repealed. This text is published for reference. It is not in force, and it should not be relied on as current law without checking what replaced it. Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, with effect from 1 July 2024
Where this provision sits
| Act | The Indian Penal Code, 1860 |
|---|---|
| Section | 407 |
| Marginal note | Criminal breach of trust by carrier, etc |
| Jurisdiction | Central |
| Status | Repealed |
| Judgments citing it | 24 |
Judgments that turned on this provision
- CRM-M/33011/2018 of VISHAL SINGH CHAUHAN Vs SATE OF UT AND OTHERSHigh Court of Punjab and Haryana · 2025-11-12
- MCRC/8632/2025 of RAHUL RANJAN Vs STATE OF CHHATTISGARHHigh Court of Chhattisgarh · 2025-11-09
- ABA/501/2024 of SHUBHAM CHANDRAMANI PAUNIKAR Vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR. ITS PSO, BUTIBORI POLICE STATION, BUTIBORI, TQ. HINGANA DIST. NAGPURBombay High Court · 2024-08-30
- CRM (A)/4040/2023 of SANJU BISWAS Vs STATE OF WEST BENGALCalcutta High Court · 2023-10-04
- MCRC/27430/2023 of SMT. MANMEET KAUR SETHI Vs KJS CEMENT LIMITEDHigh Court of Madhya Pradesh · 2023-07-31
- ABA/1425/2023 of RAJESH VISHVANATH KHAMITKAR Vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRABombay High Court · 2023-07-27
- CRM (A)/5066/2022 of ARMAN HOSSAIN @ ARMAN HUSSAIN Vs STATE OF WEST BENGALCalcutta High Court · 2022-11-03
- MCRC/22728/2022 of SMT. MANMEET KAUR SETHI Vs KJS CEMENT LIMITEDHigh Court of Madhya Pradesh · 2022-05-13
- CRM/239/2021 of GHANASHYAM JAISWAL Vs THE STATE OF WEST BENGALCalcutta High Court · 2021-09-20
- ABA/2447/2018 of BHURA MOHAMMED HANIF KHAN Vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRABombay High Court · 2018-12-11
- ABA/2488/2018 of RAJESHKUMAR MANIKCHAND PANDEY Vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRABombay High Court · 2018-12-05
- ABA/2036/2018 of SAGAR TUKARAM YADAV Vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRABombay High Court · 2018-10-04
- ABA/1914/2018 of RUPESH KRUSHNA PATIL Vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRABombay High Court · 2018-09-19
- ABA/221/2014 of MANOHAR MARUTI PATIL Vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRABombay High Court · 2014-07-16
- APPLN/4872/2010 of NITIN JAGANNIWAS PURANDARE Vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANRBombay High Court · 2011-01-14
- Bail Appl./4437/2006 of JAYAKUMAR Vs THE STATION HOUSE OFFICERHigh Court of Kerala · 2006-07-27
- APPLN/64/2006 of RAJUSINGH PUNJABI Vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRABombay High Court · 2006-02-06
- CRMA/117/2003 of SHRI PEDRO FERRAO ALIAS PETER FERRAO,FATORDA-GOA. Vs STATE,THROUGH POLICE INSPECTOR,MARGAO-GOA.Bombay High Court · 2003-06-05
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