203. When an offence is committed whilst the person by or against whom, or the thing in respect of which, the offence is committed is in the course of performing a journey or voyage, the offence may be inquired into or tried by a Court through or into whose local jurisdiction that person or thing passed in the course of that journey or voyage.
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section 203: Offence committed on journey or voyage
Chapter XIV — Jurisdiction of the Criminal Courts in Inquiries and Trials
Source: official text of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Ministry of Home Affairs).