Section 199 Earlier CrPC 179
Offence triable where act is done or consequence ensues
Chapter 14: Jurisdiction of the criminal courts in inquiries and trials
When an act is an offence by reason of anything which has been done and of a consequence which has ensued, the offence may be inquired into or tried by a Court within whose local jurisdiction such thing has been done or such consequence has ensued.
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023). As printed in the Gazette on 25 December 2023. Later amendments, if any, are not included.
Related sections
- 197Ordinary place of inquiry and trialCrPC 177
- 198Place of inquiry or trialCrPC 178
- 200Place of trial where act is an offence by reason of relation to other offenceCrPC 180
- 201Place of trial in case of certain offencesCrPC 181
- 202Offences committed by means of electronic communications, letters, etcCrPC 182
- 203Offence committed on journey or voyageCrPC 183