A, B’s manager was sent to collect payment from B’s

Solution

This answer is based on Section 316 of the BNS (which corresponds to Section 405/408 of the old IPC). 1. The Statutory Provision (Section 316 BNS) Criminal Breach of Trust is defined as: "Whoever, being in any manner entrusted with property , or with any dominion over property, dishonestly misappropriates or converts to his own use that property... commits criminal breach of trust." 2. Application to the Scenario

• Entrustment: A, in his capacity as B's manager, was authorized to collect the payment. When he collected the money, he was entrusted with that property on behalf of his employer (B). The money was legally in his possession, but it belonged to B.
• Breach: By keeping the money for himself instead of handing it over to B, A violated the legal contract (express or implied) of his employment.
• Dishonesty: The act of keeping the money constitutes dishonest misappropriation of entrusted property.