https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302304 In a pledge without a fixed redemption period, default arose only after notice demanding payment by a specified date and expiry of that date; the pledgee then acquired ordinary rights of a pawnee under the Contract Act, so post-notice dealing with the ornaments was treated as a civil dispute and not criminal breach of trust. The HC also held that a charge covering several ornaments entrusted on different dates could not be sustained as a single offence under the procedural rules applicable to criminal breach of trust, as the provision for a gross sum and date range applied to money and not to distinct pledged articles. The conviction and sentence were set aside. en-us Wed, 25 Aug 1943 00:00:00 +0630 Sat, 14 May 2022 11:05:33 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302304 In a pledge without a fixed redemption period, default arose only after notice demanding payment by a specified date and expiry of that date; the pledgee then acquired ordinary rights of a pawnee under the Contract Act, so post-notice dealing with the ornaments was treated as a civil dispute and not criminal breach of trust. The HC also held that a charge covering several ornaments entrusted on different dates could not be sustained as a single offence under the procedural rules applicable to criminal breach of trust, as the provision for a gross sum and date range applied to money and not to distinct pledged articles. The conviction and sentence were set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 25 Aug 1943 00:00:00 +0630 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302304