Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003) – Section 306

This section covers theft by clerk or servant in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003).

Theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master. Whoever, being a clerk or servant, or being employed in the capacity of a clerk or servant, commits theft in respect of any property in the possession of his master or employer, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.

What was the old IPC code for Section 306 of BNS 2023?

In the Indian Penal Code, theft by clerk or servant was covered in S. 381.

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