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BNSS Section 197: Ordinary place of inquiry and trial

Verbatim · BNSS197. Ordinary place of inquiry and trial.—Every offence shall ordinarily be inquired into and tried by a Court within whose local jurisdiction it was committed.

Corresponds (indicatively) to CrPC 177 of the repealed Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC → BNSS table

Cite as: Section 197, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023)