Ravi, a warehouse supervisor, is entrusted by his employer with custody of goods worth ₹ 10 lakh. The company's policy requires that the goods be released only upon written authorization from the head office. Instead, Ra

In the given situation, Ravi has committed the offence of Criminal Breach of Trust as defined in section 316 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. According to this section, 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. The essential ingredients of the offence of criminal breach of trust are as under: The accused must be entrusted with the property or with dominion over it, The person so entrusted must use that property, or; The accused must dishonestly use or dispose of that property or wilfully suffer any other person to do so in violation, of any direction of law prescribing the mode in which such trust is to be discharged, or; of any legal contract made touching the discharge of such trust.