Legal Principle: Every person shall be liable to punishment under the Indian Penal Code and not otherwise for every act or omission contrary to the provisions of the Code of which he shall be guilty within the territory of India. In other words, the exercise of criminal jurisdiction depends upon the locality of the offence committed and not upon the nationality or locality of the offender.Factual Situation: X, a Pakistani citizen, while staying at Karachi, made false representations to Y, the complainant, in Bombay through letters, telephone calls and telegrams and induced the complainant to part with money amounting to over ` 5 lakhs to the agents of X at Bombay, so that rice could be shipped from Karachi to India as per agreement. But the rice was never supplied to the complainant. (CLAT 2014)

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