202. (1) Any offence which includes cheating, may, if the deception is practised by means of electronic communications or letters or telecommunication messages, be inquired into or tried by any Court within whose local jurisdiction such electronic communications or letters or messages were sent or were received; and any offence of cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property may be inquired into or tried by a Court within whose local jurisdiction the property was delivered by the person deceived or was received by the accused person.
(2) Any offence punishable under section 82 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 may be inquired into or tried by a Court within whose local jurisdiction the offence was committed or the offender last resided with his or her spouse by the first marriage, or the wife by the first marriage has taken up permanent residence after the commission of the offence.
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section 201 Place of trial in case of certain offences
Section 202 Offences committed by means of electronic communications, letters, etc
Section 203 Offence committed on journey or voyage
Section 204 Place of trial for offences triable together
Section 205 Power to order cases to be tried in different sessions divisions
Section 206 High Court to decide, in case of doubt, district where inquiry or trial shall take place
Section 207 Power to issue summons or warrant for offence committed beyond local jurisdiction
Section 208 Offence committed outside India
Section 209 Receipt of evidence relating to offences committed outside India