It is not known that what all charges have been framed on you by the police on the complaint lodged by your office.
The punishment to various charges can be determined only if the details are known, however on the basis of your information it can be presumed that the charges may be for cheating, fraud, breach of trust etc; for which the punishment varies as follows :
Criminal breach of trust.—Whoever, being in any manner entrusted with property, or with any dominion over property, dishonestly misappropriates or converts to his own use that property, or 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, or of any legal contract, express or implied, which he has made touching the discharge of such trust, or wilfully suffers any other person so to do, commits “criminal breach of trust”. criminal breach of trust is ‘dishonest misappropriation’ or ‘conversion to own use’ another’s property, which is nothing but the offence of criminal misappropriation.
Even if the accused intended to restore the property in future, at the time misappropriation, it is a criminal breach of trust.
Every breach of trust gives rise to a suit for damages, but it is only when there is an evidence of mental act of fraudulent misappropriation that the commission of embezzlement of any sum of money becomes a panel offence punishable as criminal breach of trust.
The punishment for this non-bailable offence is Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.
The punishment for Cheating and thereby dishonestly inducing delivery of property, or the making, alteration or destruction of a valuable security is Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.
