Place of trial where act is offence by reason of relation to other offence
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Summary
An act that is an offence because of its connection to another act which is also an offence may be inquired into or tried in any court whose local jurisdiction includes the place where either act was done. That means a court in the area of either linked act can deal with the related offence.
Example
Priya destroys accounting files at her office in Town A to hide a fraud that took place in Town B. Because the destruction is an offence only by reason of its relation to the fraud, a court in either Town A or Town B can inquire into or try the destruction.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhen an act is an offence by reason of its relation to any other act which is also an offence or which would be an offence if the doer were capable of committing an offence, the first-mentioned offence may be inquired into or tried by a Court within whose local jurisdiction either act was done.
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