Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 198
Place of inquiry or trial
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BNSS Section 198 deals with place of inquiry or trial and replaces CrPC 178.
Bare act text — BNSS 198
198. 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.
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What was BNSS Section 198 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 198 (Place of inquiry or trial) replaces Section 178 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 178 is now BNSS 198.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 193 — Report of police officer on completion of investigation
- BNSS 194 — Police to enquire and report on suicide, etc
- BNSS 195 — Power to summon persons
- BNSS 196 — Inquiry by Magistrate into cause of death
- BNSS 197 — Ordinary place of inquiry and trial
- BNSS 199 — Offence triable where act is done or consequence ensues
- BNSS 200 — Place of trial where act is an offence by reason of relation to other offence
- BNSS 201 — Place of trial in case of certain offences
- BNSS 202 — Offences committed by means of electronic communications, letters, etc
- BNSS 203 — Offence committed on journey or voyage