Supreme Court of India

S.K. Alagh v. State of U.P. & Ors.

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Reported as [2008] 2 S.C.R. 1088
Decided 15 February 2008

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Penal Code, 1860 - s. 406 - Offence of criminal breach of trust - Vicarious liability of Managing Director/Employee of c Company - Held: For offence of criminal breach of trust vicarious liability is not extendable to the Directors or officers of the Company - The provision does not contemplate creation of such legal fiction - Vicarious liability. Respondent No. 2 was proprietor of a firm, which was wholesale.dealer of a Company. He filed complaint against the appellant (Managing Director of the Company) u/s 406 IPC alleging that the firm had issued demand drafts in favour of the Company

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