(1) Where an application is made that any person shall be arrested or that any property shall be attached under any provision of this Code not relating to the execution of decrees, and such person resides or such property is situate outside the local limits of the jurisdiction of the Court to which the application is made, the Court may, in its discretion, issue a warrant of arrest or make an order of attachment, and send to the District Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction such person or property resides or is situate a copy of the warrant or order, together with the probable amount of the costs of the arrest or attachment.
(2) The District Court shall, on receipt of such copy and amount, cause the arrest or attachment to be made by its own officers, or by a Court subordinate to itself, and shall inform the Court which issued or made such warrant or order of the arrest or attachment.
Legal Commentary & Landmark Judgments: Section 136
Section 136 establishes the procedure where a person to be arrested or property to be attached under the CPC is outside the territorial jurisdiction of the court issuing process, requiring transmission to the District Court where the person or property is situated.
When seeking attachment before judgment of a defendant's bank account in another city under Order 38 Rule 5, pray for transmission of the order to the District Judge of that city under Section 136.