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.
Central Act · India · Chapter XVII — Of Offences Against Property
Section 306 BNS Theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · Edition: Original enacted Gazette, 25 December 2023; UP Police comparison table supplied in 2024
Judgments on Section 306
LOK 2013 (7) SC 115 · Supreme Court of India
Nishant Aggarwal v. Kailash Kumar Sharma
Subject–
ActsNegotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (Section 138); Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Sections 379, 381, 411 and 420)
LOK 2007 (6) SC 215 · Supreme Court of India
Central Bureau of Investigation v. State of Gujarat
Equivalent citations: 2007 (6) SCC 156 : 2007 (3) KLT 50 (SN) : AIR 2007 SC 2522 : 2007 (3) AD(Cr) 415 : 2007 AIR(SCW) 4499 : 2007 (3) Crimes 74 (Sc) : 2007 (3) SCC(Cr) 65 : 2007 (5) Supreme 620 : 2007 (3) KLT SN. 50
Subject–
ActsIndian Penal Code, 1860 (Section 381)