What is Ordinary place of inquiry and trial? What is Place of inquiry or trial? What is Offence triable where act is done or consequence ensues? Section 177, 178 and 179 of Code of Criminal Procedure 1973

Ordinary place of inquiry and trial Place of inquiry or trial Offence triable where act is done or consequence ensues are defined under Section 177, 178 and 179 of CRPC 1973. Provisions under these sections are:

 

 

Section 177 of CRPC "Ordinary place of inquiry and trial"
Every offence shall ordinarily be inquired into and tried by a Court within whose local jurisdiction it was committed.

 

Section 178 of CRPC "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.

 

Section 179 of CRPC "Offence triable where act is done or consequence ensues"
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.