Chunduru Siva Ram Krishna & Anr vs Peddi Ravindra Babu & Anr on 25 March, 2009
In Chundura Siva Ram Krishna & Anr. Vs. Peddi
Ravindra Babu & Anr. 2009 (4) Crl. Court Cases 565 (SC), it was held
by the Hon'ble Supreme Court that every breach of trust may not result
in a penal offence of criminal breach of trust unless there is evidence of
a mental act to fraudulent misappropriation. It was further held that an
act of breach of trust involves a civil wrong in respect of which the
person wronged may seek his redress for damages in a civil court but a
breach of trust with mens rea gives rise to a criminal prosecution as
well.