Reviewed case brief
Trisuns Chemical Industry v. Rajesh Agarwal
(1999) 8 SCC 686
Authority on territorial jurisdiction where an offence involves transactions spanning multiple locations.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Year
- 1999
- Subjects
- Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita
- Reviewed
- 2026-06-30
Rule established
The jurisdiction of a criminal court to entertain and try an offence depends on whether any part of the cause of action arose within its territorial limits. For offences involving transactions at multiple locations, jurisdiction lies where any essential ingredient of the offence occurred.
Facts
Issues
Held
Ratio decidendi
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