Offence committed on journey or voyage
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Summary
If an offence happens while the person involved or the thing concerned is on a journey, any court whose local jurisdiction the person or thing passed through during that journey may inquire into or try the offence. The rule applies whether the offence is by the person, against the person, or in relation to the moving thing. It lets courts along the travel route hear the case even if the accused or victim live elsewhere.
Example
Priya is carrying a laptop on a train when it is stolen as the train passes through District B. Because Priya and the laptop were in the course of a journey, a court whose local jurisdiction includes District B can inquire into or try the theft, even though Priya lives in a different district.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhen an offence is committed whilst the person by or against whom, or the thing in respect of which, the offence is committed is in the course of performing a journey or voyage, the offence may be inquired into or tried by a Court through or into whose local jurisdiction that person or thing passed in the course of that journey or voyage.
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