The relevant portion of section 4, Indian Penal Code, before its amendment read thus: "The provisions of this Code apply also to any offence committed by (1) any Native Indian subject of Her Majesty in any place without and beyond British India; Since 1950, the wording is: "Any citizen of India in any place without and beyond India Section 188, Criminal Procedure Code, formerly read thus : " When a Native Indian subject of Her Majesty commits an offence at any place without and beyond the limits of British India he may be dealt with in respect of such offence as if it had been committed at any place within British India at which he may be found. " These wordings were subsequently adapted after the formation of two Dominions and read as follows: When a British subject domiciled in India commits an offence at any place without and beyond all the limits of the provinces he may be dealt with in respect of such offence as if it had been committed at any place within the Provinces at which he may be found." After 1950, the adapted section reads as follows " When an offence is committed by 90 702 (a)any citizen of India in any place without and beyond India. he may be dealt with in respect of such offence as if it had been committed at any place within India at which he may be found. " The learned Attorney General contended that Ram Narain was, at the time when sanction for his prosecution was given by the East Punjab Government, a citizen of India residing in Hodel and that being so, he could be tried in India being a citizen of India at that moment, and having committed offences outside India, and that the provisions of section 4, Indian Penal Code, and section 188, Criminal Procedure Code, were fully attracted to the case.