https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=394859 Criminal breach of trust under Sections 405, 406 and 408 of the IPC requires entrustment of property and dishonest misappropriation, conversion, or use in violation of that trust. The Karnataka HC noted that the allegations only suggested a possible breach of employment terms and a commercial dispute, with no material showing that any property was entrusted to the petitioners or dishonestly dealt with. The software-related accusation was also unsupported by material establishing ownership or entrustment in favour of the complainant company. On that basis, the prosecution could not be sustained and the proceedings were liable to be quashed. en-us Mon, 26 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 28 Apr 2020 12:53:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=394859 Criminal breach of trust under Sections 405, 406 and 408 of the IPC requires entrustment of property and dishonest misappropriation, conversion, or use in violation of that trust. The Karnataka HC noted that the allegations only suggested a possible breach of employment terms and a commercial dispute, with no material showing that any property was entrusted to the petitioners or dishonestly dealt with. The software-related accusation was also unsupported by material establishing ownership or entrustment in favour of the complainant company. On that basis, the prosecution could not be sustained and the proceedings were liable to be quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 26 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=394859