Remedies under criminal law -Remedies under criminal law

Remedies under criminal law

• Section 406 covers criminal breach of trust under the Indian Penal Code: Under Section 406 of the Indian Penal Code. Seller can file a suit for breach of trust. Seller have to prove that the customer has breached his trust by not paying the money against the product or services provided. “Punishment for criminal breach of trust.—Whoever commits criminal breach of trust shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both”. Punishment is given to the person who breaches the trust.
• Section 417 of Indian Penal Code: This section deals with the cheating. Cheating can be in any sense between seller and buyer or between any two people.”Punishment for cheating.—Whoever cheats shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both”.
• Section 420 of Indian Penal Code: This section gives relief to the person who is being cheated by someone. This section also includes cheating same as section 417. This section can be one provision on which seller can take action for non payment from the customer.