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.
Section 199 BNSS: Offence triable where act is done or consequence ensues
- Corresponding CrPC
- Section 179 CrPC
Bare Act text
Text as enacted in the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023), in force from 1 July 2024. Source: India Code, Government of India.
In simple words
Provides that where an act is an offence because of something done and a consequence that ensued, it may be inquired into or tried by a court within whose local jurisdiction either the thing was done or the consequence ensued.
Chapter XIV: Jurisdiction Of The Criminal Courts In Inquiries And Trials
- 197 Ordinary place of inquiry and trial
- 198 Place of inquiry or trial
- 199 Offence triable where act is done or consequence ensues
- 200 Place of trial where act is an offence by reason of relation to other offence
- 201 Place of trial in case of certain offences
- 202 Offences committed by means of electronic communications, letters, etc
- 203 Offence committed on journey or voyage
- 204 Place of trial for offences triable together
- 205 Power to order cases to be tried in different sessions divisions
- 206 High Court to decide, in case of doubt, district where inquiry or trial shall take place
- 207 Power to issue summons or warrant for offence committed beyond local jurisdiction
- 208 Offence committed outside India
- 209 Receipt of evidence relating to offences committed outside India