BNSS Section 202: Offences committed by means of electronic communications, letters, etc
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter 14: Jurisdiction of the Criminal Courts in Inquiries and Trials
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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.
Bare act text for reference, current to 1 July 2024. It is not legal advice; check the official gazette for authoritative text.
Other sections in this chapter
- 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
- 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