https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184239 The general rule under Section 177 CrPC is that offences are tried by the court within whose local jurisdiction they were committed, but that rule is qualified by Section 220 where offences form part of the same transaction. Whether a series of acts constitutes the same transaction depends on factors such as proximity of time and place, continuity of action, and community of purpose. On the allegations in the FIR and complaint, the events leading to the death were treated as a connected sequence of acts, so the Bhagalpur Magistrate's territorial jurisdiction was not excluded and the challenge to the criminal proceedings on that ground failed. en-us Wed, 21 Mar 2001 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 02 Jul 2016 17:44:51 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184239 The general rule under Section 177 CrPC is that offences are tried by the court within whose local jurisdiction they were committed, but that rule is qualified by Section 220 where offences form part of the same transaction. Whether a series of acts constitutes the same transaction depends on factors such as proximity of time and place, continuity of action, and community of purpose. On the allegations in the FIR and complaint, the events leading to the death were treated as a connected sequence of acts, so the Bhagalpur Magistrate's territorial jurisdiction was not excluded and the challenge to the criminal proceedings on that ground failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 21 Mar 2001 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184239