PURUSHOTTAM DAS DALMIA vs THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL

The Supreme Court held that under Sections 177 and 239 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, a court with jurisdiction to try a criminal conspiracy can also try all overt acts committed in pursuance of that conspiracy, even if those acts occurred outside its territorial jurisdiction. The Court overruled the precedent set in Jiban Banerjee v. State, A.I.R. 1959 Cal. 500, affirming that the trial's territorial jurisdiction is not absolute and allows for the joint trial of related offences. The appeal was dismissed, affirming the conviction under Sections 120B, 466, and 471 of the Indian Penal Code.