CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
178. Place of inquiry or trial
198. Place of inquiry or trial
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
178. Place of inquiry or trial.—(a) When it is uncertain in which of several local areas an offence
was committed, or
(b) where an offence is committed partly in one local area and partly in another, or
(c) where an offence is a continuing one, and continues to be committed in more local areas than
one, or
(d) where it consists of several acts done in different local areas,
it may be inquired into or tried by a Court having jurisdiction over any of such local areas.
Legacy / repealed by BNSS India Code — CrPC 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
198. Place of inquiry or trial.—(a) When it is uncertain in which of several local areas an offence was
committed; or
(b) where an offence is committed partly in one local area and partly in another; or
(c) where an offence is a continuing one, and continues to be committed in more local areas than
one; or
(d) where it consists of several acts done in different local areas, it may be inquired into or tried by a
Court having jurisdiction over any of such local areas.
Current law India Code — BNSS 2023