A bailee is responsible for taking care of goods bailed to him as a person of:

1. Section 151 — the bailee must take as much care as a man of ordinary prudence would take of his own goods of the same kind under similar circumstances. 2. Liability for loss due to negligence falls on him. 3. Hence (A). _Source: ICAI BoS CA Inter Paper 2 — Indian Contract Act 1872_