https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174501 A foreigner outside India could still be punished under the Indian Penal Code for cheating where the deceptive communications were received in India and induced delivery of property in India. The Court treated the locality of the offence as India because the essential ingredients of deceit and inducement were completed there, and held that Section 2 applied without any limitation based on nationality or physical presence. The objection that trial provisions could restrict substantive penal liability was rejected, and conviction was upheld notwithstanding absence from India when the representations were made. en-us Fri, 06 Sep 1957 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 09 Oct 2015 11:42:03 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174501 A foreigner outside India could still be punished under the Indian Penal Code for cheating where the deceptive communications were received in India and induced delivery of property in India. The Court treated the locality of the offence as India because the essential ingredients of deceit and inducement were completed there, and held that Section 2 applied without any limitation based on nationality or physical presence. The objection that trial provisions could restrict substantive penal liability was rejected, and conviction was upheld notwithstanding absence from India when the representations were made. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 06 Sep 1957 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174501