Annotation

The article discusses the specifics of the definition of territorial jurisdiction, the relationship between the concepts of “crime scene” and “place of investigation”. Two situations that are not directly regulated by law are being considered: 1) the criminal case has been accepted for trial by a higher investigative unit, geographically stationed in the wrong place where the crime was committed; 2) during the investigation, a crime was discovered that was committed in the wrong place where the act was committed, on the fact of which the case was initiated. The basic principles of determining the territorial jurisdiction of materials are substantiated: unity and proximity to the body of the preliminary investigation. It is proposed to fix in the law the rule according to which the petition should be considered by the court at the location of the unit directly investigating the criminal case, and not at the place of the investigative body, which structurally includes this unit.