Indian Penal Code, 1860
Chapter II - General Explanations
IPC Section 27
Property in possession of wife, clerk or servant.
When property is in the possession of a person’s
wife, clerk or servant, on account of that person, it is in that person’s possession within the meaning of this Code.
Explanation.—A person employed temporarily or on a particular occasion in the capacity of a clerk, or servant,
is a clerk or servant within the meaning of this section.