To attract the offence of criminal breach of trust punishable under section 406 PPC, the essential ingredients are:-

i. There should be an entrustment by a person who reposes confidence in the other, to whom property

ii.The person in whom the confidence is placed, dishonestly misappropriates or converts to his own use, the property entrusted.

iii. Dishonestly uses or disposes of that property in violation of any direction of law prescribing the mode in which such trust is to be discharged.

iv. Dishonestly uses or disposes of that property in violation of any legal contract, express or implied which he has made touching the discharge of such trust.

Ingredients of Section 405 PPC are not made out. Pre-Arrest Bail is Allowed.

Crl. Misc.-Pre-arrest Bail

7916-B-23

GHULAM NAZIK ETC VS

STATE ETC

Mr. Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar

06-11-2023

2023 LHC 6463