Explain Territorial principle of criminal jurisdiction
The territorial principle provides that the courts of the State where a crime is committed may exercise jurisdiction over the alleged criminal even where the person accused is not a national of the said state. It permits a state to exercise its jurisdiction over all activities that are carried out within its territories and in some cases, even outside it. The main complexity arises regarding the areas where jurisdiction is curtailed, for example, in Pakistan there are different laws applicable to Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA) and Provincially Administrated Tribal Areas (PATA).