Offence triable where act is done or consequence ensues
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Summary
When an offence arises from something done and from a consequence that followed, the case can be investigated or tried in the Court where the act was done or in the Court where the consequence occurred. Jurisdiction therefore lies at either place connected to the act or to the result.
Example
Priya dumps industrial waste into a village pond; downstream in the next village fish die and villagers complain. The offence can be tried in the Court where Priya dumped the waste or in the Court where the fish died.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhen 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.
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