The question (10 marks)
"P, a shop assistant, is handed ₹20,000 by his employer to deposit in the bank; he keeps it. Q finds a purse on a bus and, learning whose it is, spends the cash. R obtains goods on credit from a wholesaler by showing a forged bank guarantee, never intending to pay. S takes a scooter from outside a café, meaning to return it after a joyride." Identify the offence committed by each of P, Q, R and S under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and explain the single question that separates them.
Standing MU property-offences problem; built on the Unit 12 chapter, the mode-of-transfer diagram, the Mahadeo Prasad reading and ss. 303–318 in Gazette 250883.
Plan your answer on paper before you look at the authorities — issue first, then the rule, then apply it to these facts.
It tests Unit 12 · Offences Against Property of Law of Crimes (Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023).
Authorities you will need
- BNS s. 303
- BNS s. 314
- BNS s. 316
- BNS s. 318
- Mahadeo Prasad v State of West Bengal (1954)
- K.N. Mehra v State of Rajasthan (1957)
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