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CHAPTER XIV JURISDICTION OF THE CRIMINAL COURTS IN INQUIRIES AND TRIALS

Section 198: Place of inquiry or trial

The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

(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.

Corresponding CrPC provision

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

Questions on this section

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  1. 1. A Magistrate of the first class in district P has reason to believe that X, who is within his local jurisdiction, committed in district Q an offence punishable with imprisonment for seven years, which cannot be inquired into or tried in district P under Sections 197 to 205 of the BNSS. X is ready and willing to give bail to the Magistrate's satisfaction. Under Section 207, the Magistrate

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