
Legal Information by Sewadar Sunny Sachdeva
February 20, 2025 at 02:39 PM
*Distinction between theft and criminal misappropriation*
1. Initial taking in theft is always dishonest and in criminal misappropriation it may be innocent and lawful.
2. Basic ingredients of theft is invasion of possession and in criminal misappropriation there is no invasion and innocently property find.
3. In theft is mere moving is automatically become theft and in criminal misappropriation it doesn't.
4. In theft in theft is no concent of the owner and in criminal misappropriation it may be where there is joint property.
5. Dishonest intention precedes the taking and in criminal appropriation follow the taking.