https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=103117 Territorial jurisdiction for a complaint alleging wrongful withholding of company property depends on where the offending act was committed, not on the company's registered office or a later direction to deliver the property. The Delhi HC noted that an offence under section 630 of the Companies Act is complete when property is wrongfully obtained, withheld or misapplied, and that later return of the property is not an ingredient of the offence. As no act constituting the offence was shown within Delhi's local limits, the court held that Delhi lacked territorial jurisdiction and quashed the complaint. en-us Thu, 16 May 1991 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:58:29 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=103117 Territorial jurisdiction for a complaint alleging wrongful withholding of company property depends on where the offending act was committed, not on the company's registered office or a later direction to deliver the property. The Delhi HC noted that an offence under section 630 of the Companies Act is complete when property is wrongfully obtained, withheld or misapplied, and that later return of the property is not an ingredient of the offence. As no act constituting the offence was shown within Delhi's local limits, the court held that Delhi lacked territorial jurisdiction and quashed the complaint. Case-Laws Companies Law Thu, 16 May 1991 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=103117