A and B were a married couple. At the time of the wedding, the bride’s parents had given their daughter (A), three gold necklaces, four sets of gold bangles, and a diamond ring as stridhan. The jewellery was kept in a bank locker, which was in B’s name. owing to an extra-marital relationship. B left the matrimonial home and moved to a different city to live with the woman he was having a relationship with. A filed for divorce, and also asked B to return the gold jewellery. A refused to return the jewellery. He instead sold the necklaces, bangles, and the ring and deposited the money in his account. A filed a criminal complaint alleging that B had committed the offence of criminal breach of trust.