Section 202.   Offences committed by means of electronic communications, letters, etc.

(1) Any offence which includes cheating may, if the deception is practised by
means of electronic communications or letters or telecommunication messages, be inquired
into or tried by any Court within whose local jurisdiction such electronic communications
or 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 81 of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 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, or the wife by the
first marriage has taken up permanent residence after the commission of the offence.