CrPC Section 178 — Place of inquiry or trial

Official Text

(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.

Referred to by

• CrPC §187 — Power to issue summons or warrant for offence committed beyond local jurisdiction
• CrPC §345 — Procedure in certain cases of contempt
• CrPC §407 — Power of High Court to transfer cases and appeals

Related Judgments

• V.K.PURI vs CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION — Supreme Court of India (2007)
• RANA NAHID @ RESHMA @ SANA & ANR. vs SAHIDUL HAQ CHISTI — Supreme Court of India (2020)
• SATVINDER KAUR vs STATE (GOVT. OF N.C.T. OF DELHI) AND ANR — Supreme Court of India (1999)
• VISHWANATH GUPTA vs STATE OF UTTARANCHAL — Supreme Court of India (2007)

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BNSS §198 — Place of inquiry or trial