https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=784559 A complaint alleging criminal breach of trust under Section 409 requires entrustment of property, a fiduciary relationship, and dishonest misappropriation or conversion. A security cheque issued under a commercial loan arrangement, when used in accordance with the contractual recovery mechanism on default, does not by itself establish entrustment in the criminal sense or criminal intent. On the stated facts, the complaint did not plead specific allegations of dishonest intention at inception or misappropriation distinct from a civil dispute, and was said not to disclose a prima facie offence under Section 409; the summoning order and warrants were liable to be set aside. en-us Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 08 Jan 2026 08:19:11 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=784559 A complaint alleging criminal breach of trust under Section 409 requires entrustment of property, a fiduciary relationship, and dishonest misappropriation or conversion. A security cheque issued under a commercial loan arrangement, when used in accordance with the contractual recovery mechanism on default, does not by itself establish entrustment in the criminal sense or criminal intent. On the stated facts, the complaint did not plead specific allegations of dishonest intention at inception or misappropriation distinct from a civil dispute, and was said not to disclose a prima facie offence under Section 409; the summoning order and warrants were liable to be set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=784559