Supreme Court · 1964 INSC 284 · Decided 11 December 1964
Velji Raghavji Patel v. State of Maharasiitra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1964 INSC 284 · [1965] 2 S.C.R. 429
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 43/1963
- Decided
- 11 December 1964
- Bench
- RAGHUBAR DAYAL, J.R. MUDHOLKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 409, 406
Headnote
Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Act 45 of 1860), ss. 403 and 409-PDl'tner­ Failure to account for monies of firm-If guilty of criminal breach of trust or dishonest misappropriation of property. The appellant was the working partner in a firm. It was agreed among the partners that he should carry on certain auma and also failed to depooit in bank some collections as he was required to do, he was convicted for the offence of criminal breach of trust under s. 409, Indian Penal Code. In appeal to the Supreme Court it was con­ tended that as he realised the sums in his capacity as
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