177. Ordinary place of inquiry and trial.

178. Place of inquiry or trial.

• uncertain in which of several local areas an offence was committed, or
• committed partly in one local area and party in another, or
• continuing one, and continues to be committed in more local area has one, or
• several acts done in different local areas
179. Offence triable where act is done or consequence ensues.
• When an act is an offence, due to anything, which has been done, and of a
consequence, which has ensued,
180. Place of trial where act is an offence by reason of relation to other offence.
• When an act is an offence by reason of its relation to any other act which is
also all offence or which would be an offence if the doer were capable of
committing all offence, the first-mentioned offence may be inquired into or
tried by a court within whose local jurisdiction either act was done.
• Smt. Sujata Mukherjee vs Prashant Kumar Mukherjee, (1997) 5 SCC 30
• Y. Abraham Ajit and Ors. v. Inspector of Police Chennai and Anr.,[2004] 8
SCC 100.
• Harbans Lal v State of Haryana., (1998) 8 SCC 319.
• Mohan Baitha And Ors. vs State Of Bihar And
Anr. AIR 2001 SC 1490
• K. Bhaskaran v. Sankaran Vaidhyan Balan (1999)
7 SCC 510
• Shri Ishar Alloy Steels Ltd. v. Jayaswals Neco Ltd.
(2001) 3 SCC 609,
• Harman Electronics Pvt. Ltd. v. National
Panasonic India Pvt. Ltd. (2009) 1 SCC 720
• Dashrath Rupsingh Rathod vs State Of
Maharashtra & Anr, (2014) 9 SCC 129
Nature of offences
thug, or murder committed by a thug, of dacoity,
of dacoity with murder, of belonging to a gang of
dacoits, or of escaping from custody,
kidnapping or abduction of a person, Vishwanath
Gupta Vs. State of Uttaranchal, 2007 Cr.L.J 2296
(S.C)
theft, extortion or robbery
criminal misappropriation or of criminal breach of committed or any part of the property which is
trust
possession of stolen property
cheating deception is practice by means of letters letters or message were sent or were received
or telecommunication message
cheating and dishonestly including deliver, of
property
section 495 or section 494 of the Indian Penal
Code
Jurisdiction
offence was committed or the accused person is
found.
kidnapped or abducted or was conveyed or
concealed or detained
Commission, possession of stolen property,
received or retained such property
the subject of the offence was received or
retained, or was required to be returned or
accounted for, by the accused person.
offence was committed or the stolen property
was possessed by any person who received or
retained it
property was delivered by the person deceived or
was received by the accused person
offence was committed or the offender last
resided permanent residence after the
• 183. Offence committed on journey or voyage.
• 184. Place of trial for offences triable together.
• 185. Power to order cases to be tried in different sessions
divisions.
• 186. High Court to decide, in case of
doubt, district where inquiry or trial shall
take place.
State of Rajasthan v Bhagwan Das Agarwal,
(2013) 16 SCC 574
• 187. Power to issue summons or warrant for offence
committed beyond local jurisdiction.
Magistrate of the first class sees reason to believe
any person within his local jurisdiction
committed an offence outside such jurisdiction
inquire into the offence as if it had been committed
within such local jurisdiction
compel
188. Offence committed outside India.
Om Hemrajani v. State of U.P.,AIR 2005 SC 392
Ajay Kumar Agarwal v Union of India, AIR 1993 SC 1637
189. Receipt of evidence relating to offences committed
outside India.