1 S.B. Criminal Misc. Petition No.90/2005 Vinod vs. State of Raj. & Anr. 07.05.2008 HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE G.S.SARRAF Mr. R.S.Agarwal for the petitioner. Mr. Arvind Sharma for respondent no.2. Mrs. Sadhna Bhatt, P.P. This criminal misc. petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed with the prayer that the first information report no.772/2003 registered at police station Gangapur City and further proceedings based on that report in criminal case no.85/2004 pending in the court of ACJM Gangapur City be quashed. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that all the acts constituting the offence under Sections 498-A and 406 IPC have been committed within the jurisdiction of the court at Karauli and no part of cause of action has arisen within the jurisdiction of the police station Gangapur City and, therefore, the first information report and the proceedings based thereon pending in the court at Gangapur City be quashed. As per the first information report the marriage of the parties was solemnised at Mahu Kalan, police station Gangapur City and all the articles given in dowry were entrusted to the petitioner and others there. Section 177 Cr.P.C. provides that every offence shall ordinarily be inquired into and tried by a court within whose local jurisdiction it was committed. As per Section 178(d) where the offence complained of consists of several acts done in different local areas then it may 2 be inquired into or tried by a Court having jurisdiction over any of such local areas. Sub-section (4) of Section 181 Cr.P.C. provides that any offence of criminal misappropriation or of criminal breach of trust may be inquired into or tried by a Court within whose local jurisdiction the offence was committed or any part of the property which is the subject of the offence was received or retained or was required to be returned or accounted for, by the accused person. A bare perusal of the first information report makes it clear that the property (articles given in dowry) which is the subject of the offence has been received by the accused at the village Mahu Kalan, police station Gangapur City and, therefore, the police station Gangapur City and the court where the case is pending have jurisdiction in the matter as per the provisions contained in Section 178(d) and Section 181(4) Cr.P.C. The petition thus has no merit. The petition stands dismissed accordingly. (G.S.SARRAF),J. 3 S.B.Criminal Misc.Stay Application No.103/2005 in S.B. Criminal Misc. Petition No.90/2005 Vinod vs. State of Rajasthan & Anr. 07.05.2008 HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE G.S.SARRAF Mr. R.S.Agarwal for the petitioner. Mr. Arvind Sharma for respondent no.2. Mrs. Shadhna Bhatt, P.P. Since the main Misc. Petition has been dismissed, this stay application also stands dismissed. (G.S.SARRAF),J.