Criminal Procedure Code · Updated to 1 May 2023 · Chapter XIV · Jurisdiction of Criminal Courts in Inquiries and Trials
123. Place of trial where act is an offence by reason of relation to other offence
Feedback & supportWhen an act is an offence by reason of its relation to any other act which is also an offence or which would be an offence if the person was capable of committing an offence a charge of the first mentioned offence may be inquired into or tried by a Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction either act was done.
offence
“offence” means any act or omission made punishable by any law for the time being in force;
A charge of abetment may be inquired into or tried either by the Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the abetment was committed or by the Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the offence abetted was committed.
Court
“Court” means the High Court, a Sessions Court, or a Magistrate’s Court of any class, as the context may require;
A charge of receiving or retaining stolen goods may be inquired into or tried either by the Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the goods were stolen or by the Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction they were at any time dishonestly received or retained.
Criminal Procedure Code 93
A charge of wrongfully concealing a person known to have been kidnapped may be inquired into by the Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the wrongful concealing or by the Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the kidnapping took place.