State Of Gujarat vs Bhagchand Mohanlal Dhavan And Anr. on 19 October, 1994
The jurisdiction of the Calcutta High Court was to try an offence of criminal conspiracy under Section 120B IPC is not disputed. It is also not disputed that the overt acts committed in pursuance of the conspiracy were committed in the course of the same transaction which embraced the conspiracy and the acts done under it. It is, however, contended for the appellant, in view of Section 177 of the Code of Criminal Procedure that the Court having jurisdiction to try the offence of conspiracy cannot try an offence constituted by such overt acts which are committed beyond its jurisdiction and reliance is placed on the decision in Jiban Banerjee v. State. This case undoubtedly supports the appellant's contention. We have considered it carefully and are of the opinion that it has not been rightly decided.