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(a) Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 105, 406-Articles hired Mere failure to return without evidence of mens rea----Whether amounts to criminal breach of trust. The mere failure to return the article hired does not prove dishonesty, nor does the mere failure to deliver possession of the property to the lessor on the expiry of the lease amount to criminal breach of trust. There was no evidence in this case to show that the lessor or the new allottee ever demanded the return of the engine from the petitioner or that the petitioner ever de­nied possession of the, engine or that he refused to return it. Retention of the engine in dispute by, the petitioner's firm for a few months after the termination of their lease, i.e., from 1st October, 1948 to 24th January, 1949, in the absence of any proof of mense rea, does not amount to criminal breach of trust. 33 Cr.L.J 866; A.I.R. 1930 Oud 321 ; 38 Cr.L. J 491;27 Cr.L. J. 331 ref (b) Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S. 405-Goods entrusted to firm-Criminal breach of trust-Whether Manager of firm criminally liable. A person who is a manager of a firm cannot be held criminally liable for any breach of trust if the entrustment of goods was made to the firm and not to him personally. A. I. R. 1930 Rang. 332 rel. JUDGMENT MUHAMMAD JAN, J.-Khan Sahib Chaudhri Abdul Karim was convicted by Mr. Muhammad Ishaq, Magistrate First Class, Sargodha, on a charge under section 406 Pakistan Penal Code, and sentenced to a fine of Rs. 1000 or, in default of payment, to simple imprisonment for three months. His appeal to the Court of Session was dismissed on 8th January, 1951, and he has applied for revision to this Court. The facts of the case are that on 1st October, 1947, an application (Exh. P. J.) was submitted to the Deputy Commis­sioner, Multan, for the allotment on lease of one of the Ginning and Pressing Factories which had been advertised for allotment. The application was signed by the petitioner as Managing Director of the firm called Khan Sahib Chaudhri Abdul Karim and Co. Ltd. The application was written on a paper bearing the name of the firm in print. The Head Office was shown as situated on Abdul Karim Road, Lahore; and the Port Office…

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