CHAPTER XIII JURISDICTION OF THE CRIMINAL COURTS IN INQUIRIES AND TRIALS

Section 179: Offence triable where act is done or consequence ensues

The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

When an act is an offence by

reason of anything which has been done and of a consequence which has ensued, the offence may be inquired into or tried by a Court within whose local jurisdiction such thing has been done or such consequence has ensued.

Now in the BNSS

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

179. Offence triable where act is done or consequence ensues.

BNSS 199

Questions on this section

1 question in 4 of our papers cite Section 179. Try these from the free papers:

1. A stabs B in district X. B is taken to a hospital in district Y, where he dies of the injury. Under Section 199 of the BNSS, the offence of murder may be inquired into or tried by:

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