Extent and Operation — IPC Chapter I: Sections 1 — 5

A Mumbai-based Indian citizen goes on holiday to Dubai and commits an offence there. A foreign tourist in Goa commits an offence on the beach. A cyber-attacker sitting in another country crashes a hospital server in Pune. Which country's criminal law reaches each of them? Before a student learns what any offence is, the Sanhita answers a prior question: whose conduct, where, and when does this Act apply?

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The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita applies to every person for every act or omission within India (s.1(3)), follows Indian citizens and Indian ships and aircraft abroad (s.1(5)), and leaves special and local laws untouched (s.1(6)).

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