Criminal Procedure Code · Updated to 1 May 2023 · Chapter XIV · Jurisdiction of Criminal Courts in Inquiries and Trials
126. Offence committed on a journey
Feedback & supportAn offence committed while the offender is in the course of performing a journey or voyage may be inquired into or tried by a
offence
Defined · s 2
“offence” means any act or omission made punishable by any law for the time being in force;
Court through or into the local limits of whose jurisdiction the offender or the person against whom or the thing in respect of which the offence was committed passed in the course of that journey or voyage.
Court
Defined · s 2
“Court” means the High Court, a Sessions Court, or a Magistrate’s Court of any class, as the context may require;