Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita
Chapter 14
Jurisdiction of the Criminal Courts in Inquiries & Trials
Section 198 • Place of inquiry or trial.
Description
(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
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