BNSS198
BNSS Section 198: Place of inquiry or trial
Verbatim · BNSS198. Place of inquiry or trial.—(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.
Corresponds (indicatively) to CrPC 178 of the repealed Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC → BNSS table
Cite as: Section 198, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023)