https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168727 Entrustment is essential to criminal breach of trust, and a mere sale of goods for a specified purpose does not satisfy that requirement. The cement was supplied to the contractor in an ordinary commercial transaction, and after delivery the Government retained no proprietary right, dominion, or continuing control over it. The record also did not disclose a fiduciary relationship or other basis for entrustment. On that footing, the prosecution failed to establish the element necessary to sustain a conviction for criminal breach of trust, and the conviction could not stand. en-us Thu, 23 Nov 1967 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 16:16:20 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168727 Entrustment is essential to criminal breach of trust, and a mere sale of goods for a specified purpose does not satisfy that requirement. The cement was supplied to the contractor in an ordinary commercial transaction, and after delivery the Government retained no proprietary right, dominion, or continuing control over it. The record also did not disclose a fiduciary relationship or other basis for entrustment. On that footing, the prosecution failed to establish the element necessary to sustain a conviction for criminal breach of trust, and the conviction could not stand. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 23 Nov 1967 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168727