CrPC § 178 · Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Repealed on 1 July 2024
Section 178 CrPC — Place of inquiry or trial
Replaced from 1 July 2024 by BNSS 198 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Offences committed on or before 30 June 2024 are still charged under the CrPC.
The law now: BNSS 198 — 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.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text. BNSS 198 in full