Important Legal Definitions

The legal competence of a state, parliament, or domestic court to extend its statutory authority, criminal law, or investigative powers over acts, individuals, or property located outside its sovereign territorial boundaries.

Under Section 4 of the Indian Penal Code (and corresponding provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita), Indian courts possess extra-territorial jurisdiction to try an Indian citizen who commits a cyber-theft while physically residing in Germany.