A robbery occurs aboard a train while it is travelling from Haridwar to Varanasi. Under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, where may the offence be inquired into or tried?
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A robbery occurs aboard a train while it is travelling from Haridwar to Varanasi. Under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, where may the offence be inquired into or tried?
Only in a competent court at Haridwar
Only in a competent court at Varanasi
Only in a competent court where the robbery took place
In a competent court whose local jurisdiction the relevant traveller passed through or entered
Answer and explanation
Section 203 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 allows inquiry or trial in a competent court through or into whose local jurisdiction the relevant person or thing passed during the journey.
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