BNSS § 198 · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section 198 BNSS — Place of inquiry or trial
Replaces CrPC 178 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. In force since 1 July 2024.
The text
(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.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text.