Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
182.Offences committed by letters, etc.-
(1) Any offence which includes cheating may,
if the deception is practiced by means of letters or telecommunication
messages, be inquired into or tried by any Court within whose local
jurisdiction such letters or messages were sent or were received; and any
offence of cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property may be
inquired into or tried by a Court within whose local jurisdiction the property
was delivered by the person deceived or was received by the accused person.
(2) Any offence punishable under section 494 or section 495 of the Indian Penal
Code(45 of 1860) may be inquired into or tried by a Court within whose local
jurisdiction the offence was committed or the offender last resided with his or
her spouse by the first marriage.