Supreme Court judgments on Criminal breach of trust by public servant (Section 409 IPC)

13 judgments, latest first, from 2018 to 2025. A judgment is listed here when its headnote names this subject: the Supreme Court Reports' own headnote (filed under the provisions below, or naming the subject), or an AI-written headnote that was reviewed and approved. A mention in the full text alone does not count.

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Section 409, Indian Penal Code, 1860 10

The Managing Director Bihar State Food and Civil Supply Corporation Limited & Anr. vs Sanjay Kumar

SC · 5 August 2025

[2025] 8 S.C.R. 1551 : 2025 INSC 933

Whether the dispute between the respondents and the appellant arising out of the agreement incorporating the arbitration clause has become non-arbitrable in view of the initiation and pendency of the criminal cases; whet…

Pradip N. Sharma vs State of Gujarat & Anr.

SC · 28 February 2025

[2025] 2 S.C.R. 2091 : 2025 INSC 291

The High Court dismissed the criminal miscellaneous application of appellant praying for quashing of the FIR registered u/ss.409, 219 and 114 of IPC and also rejected the appellant’s prayer for anticipatory bail.

K. Bharthi Devi and Anr. vs State of Telangana and Anr.

SC · 3 October 2024

[2024] 10 S.C.R. 650 : 2024 INSC 750

Despite the dispute involved having predominantly overtures of a civil dispute and the matter having been compromised between the parties, whether the High Court was justified in dismissing the quashing petition filed by…

M/s Karnataka Emta Coal Mines Limited and Another vs Central Bureau of Investigation

SC · 23 August 2024

[2024] 8 S.C.R. 1146 : 2024 INSC 623

The present appeals challenge the Order on Charge dated 24.12.2021 and Order framing Charges dated 03.03.2022 passed by the Special Judge (Prevention of Corruption Act) Central Bureau of Investigation registered u/s.120-…

Case Details Amandeep Singh Saran vs State of Chhattisgarh

SC · 29 November 2023

[2023] 16 S.C.R. 435 : 2023 INSC 1028

Conduct of the trial for offence under Section 409, Penal Code, 1860; exercise of powers under Cr.PC, for committal of cases to the Court of competent jurisdiction.

P. Dharamaraj vs Shanmugam & Ors.

SC · 8 September 2022

[2022] 9 S.C.R. 972 : 2022 INSC 940

P. DHARAMARAJ v. SHANMUGAM & ORS. (Criminal Appeal No. 1514 of 2022) SEPTEMBER 08, 2022 [S.ABDUL NAZEER AND V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN, JJ.] Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: ss.320, 482 – Compounding of Offence – Inherent power…

Pushpendra Kumar Sinha vs State of Jharkhand

SC · 24 August 2022

[2022] 11 S.C.R. 25 : 2022 INSC 860

Penal Code, 1860 – ss.109, 409, 420, 467, 471, 477A and 120B – Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 – s.13(1)(c) and s. 13(1)(d) – Charges under – While giving effect to an award in favour of RPCL, JSEB faced shortage of f…

Jarnail Singh & Anr. vs State of Punjab

SC · 12 July 2022

[2022] 13 S.C.R. 196 : 2022 INSC 708

Penal Code, 1860: ss. 409/109, 420/109, 467/109, 471/109, 474/109, 477-A/109 and 120-B – Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 – ss. 13(i)(d) and 7 – Allegations against the General Manager of the State Roadways Depot, that…

N. Raghavender vs State of Andhra Pradesh, CBI

SC · 13 December 2021

[2021] 12 S.C.R. 57 : 2021 INSC 876

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 – s.13(2) r/w s.13(1)(d) – Penal Code, 1860 – ss.409, 420, 477A – Criminal breach of trust by public servant or Banker – Strong suspicion short of conclusive proof – Case of prosecution…

Pradeep S. Wodeyar vs The State of Karnataka

SC · 29 November 2021

[2021] 11 S.C.R. 985 : 2021 INSC 798

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – ss. 193, 209 and 465 – Mines and Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 – Karnataka Forest Rules, 1969 – Special Court’s power to take cognizance – Allegations of purchasing and…

Shiv Shankar Prasad Singh vs The State of Bihar

SC · 28 February 2019

[2019] 3 S.C.R. 1078 : 2019 INSC 292

Penal Code, 1860 – ss.409, 477A r/w. s.120B – Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 – s.5(2) r/w. s.5(1)(c) and (d) – Prosecution case was that appellant-accused persons conspired and misappropriated the bags of fertilizers…

V. Ravi Kumar vs State, Rep. by Inspector of Police, District Crime Branch, Salem, Tamil Nadu & Ors.

SC · 14 December 2018

[2018] 14 S.C.R. 828 : 2018 INSC 1205

Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 420 and 409 r/w. s.34 – Appellant alleged that he supplied cotton lint to a Mill for conversion into yarn, however, all the respondents-accused connived with each other and sold entire lint and app…

Ram Lal vs State of Himachal Pradesh

SC · 3 October 2018

[2018] 12 S.C.R. 857 : 2018 INSC 918

Evidence – Extra-judicial confession – Evidentiary value of – Appellant-peon with the Bank was assigned the job of Cash Clerk – His job was to receive money from the account holders for depositing in their Saving Bank ac…

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