Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Chapter 13 Jurisdiction of Criminal Courts in Inquiries and Trials

Section 178: Place of inquiry or trial

  • When it is uncertain in which of several local areas an offence was committed, or
  • where an offence is committed partly in one local area and partly in another, or
  • where an offence is a continuing one, and continues to be committed in more local areas than one, or
  • 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.

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