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title: "What does Section 406 say as per the IPC?"  
description: "What does Section 406 say as per the IPC?"  
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published: 2021-12-17  
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# What does Section 406 say as per the IPC?

What does Section 406 [say](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/80864/uk-should-say-no-to-huawei-5g-coming-plans) as per the IPC?

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## Answers

### Answer by Sanjay Goenka

> **Section 406 of the Indian Penal Code has the provision of the Criminal Breach of Trust.**

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## Overview

- **Section 406** of the **Indian Penal Code 1860** has the provision about the punishment for the offence of the Breach of Criminal Trust.
- In India, every offence that is registered in the IPC 1860 has the nature of punishment and also will be liable to compensate as it may be imprisonment or fine.\
- Similarly, section 406 of IPC talks about the Punishment for the Criminal Breach of **Trust in which 3 years of imprisonment or the fine for the offence.**

**Know More: [What is Section 124 IPC?](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94630/what-is-section-124-ipc)**\

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## Section 406 of IPC

Punishment for Criminal Breach of Trust- Whoever Commits **Criminal Breach of Trust** shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine or with both. \

## Criminal Breach of Trust

Section 405 of the Indian constitution defines the above term as any person is entrusted with the property or that person has power or dominance over that property and he dishonestly **misappropriated or uses that property** to satisfy his purpose or to capitalize it for one’s use, or disposes of that property is contrary to a law that prescribes how to discharge such trust or in violation of any contract, express or implied, or willfully directed any person to do so, has committed the offence of criminal breach of trust. **Know More: [What is the punishment for IPC section 134?](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94633/what-is-the-punishment-for-ipc-section-134)** \


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