Criminal Procedure Code 89 (3) The offence of stealing anything may be inquired into or tried by a Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction such thing was stolen or was possessed by the thief, or by any person who receives or retains the same knowing or having reason to believe it to be stolen. Where scene of offence is uncertain, etc. 125. If— (a) when it is uncertain in which of several local areas an offence was committed; (b) where an offence is committed partly in one local area and partly in another; (c) where an offence is a continuing one and continues to be committed in more local areas than one; or (d) where it consists of several acts done in different local areas, it may be inquired into and tried by a Court having jurisdiction over any of such local areas. Offence committed on a journey 126. An offence committed while the offender is in the course of performing a journey or voyage may be inquired into or tried by a Court through or into the local limits of whose jurisdiction the offender or the person against whom or the thing in respect of which the offence was committed passed in the course of that journey or voyage. When doubt arises High Court to decide 127. Whenever any doubt arises as to the Court by which any offence should under the preceding provisions of this Chapter be inquired into or tried the High Court may— (a) of its own motion;