Section 200 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita deals with an offence that was committed by the doer with another act that has taken place in the past. Then the said act which might be an offence might be inquired or tried by the court in the local jurisdiction.
Section 200 BNSS Example
In other words, let us say a person has laundered money for which he got booked in a certain state or city. During the investigation if it becomes clearer, that the money he laundered was ill-gotten wealth by unfair means. Then the court can conduct an inquiry or try that particular person. (But only the local court where the offence was committed can try the person and book the person under the relevant sections)
In the above example, if the person has done money laundering in Karnataka but the source of money is due to another offence he committed in Tamil Nadu, then for the source of money offence, the person can be tried only by a court in TamilNadu where the offence was committed
Full text of Section 200 of BNSS
When an act is an offence because of its relation to any other act which is also an offence or which would be an offence if the doer were capable of committing an offence, the first-mentioned offence may be inquired into or tried by a Court within whose local jurisdiction either act was done.
This is same as section 180 of CrPC (Criminal Procedure Code)
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