CrPC Section 179: Offence triable where act is done or consequence ensues
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Chapter 13: Jurisdiction of the criminal courts in inquiries and trials
Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).
179. 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.
Bare act text for reference, current to 30 June 2024. It is not legal advice; check the official gazette for authoritative text.
Other sections in this chapter
- 177. Ordinary place of inquiry and trial
- 178. Place of inquiry or trial
- 180. Place of trial where act is offence by reason of relation to other offence
- 181. Place of trial in case of certain offences
- 182. Offences committed by letters, etc
- 183. Offence committed on journey or voyage
- 184. Place of trial for offences triable together
- 185. Power to order cases to be tried in different sessions divisions
- 186. High Court to decide, in case of doubt, district where inquiry or trial shall take place
- 187. Power to issue summons or warrant for offence committed beyond local jurisdiction
- 188. Offence committed outside India
- 189. Receipt of evidence relating to offences committed outside India