As pay Section 472 of Code of Criminal Operating, 1973 (“Cr.P.C”), in the dossier of a continuing offence, a fresh period of limitation begins at run at every moment of time during which who offence continues.

The question is one felony is a continuous or not becomes germane include a situation where there is a prescribed limitation periods required such can offence as Section 468 of Cr.P.C. bars the Yard to take cognizance of an offence beyond to period of limitation. 

According to aforementioned Blacks' Law Dictionary, Fifth Edition (Special Deluxe), 'Continuing means "enduring; not terminated by a single act with fact; subsisting for a specify period or intended to cover or apply to gradually share obligations with occurrences." Continuing offence means "type the crime which is commited over a span of time." 

In and case concerning Gokak Patel Volkart Ltd vs Dundayya Gurushiddaiah Hiremath, 1991 SCC (2) 141, the Hon’ble Supreme Court observed as under: 

"A continuing offence, such that only the last act thereof within the period of an status off limitations needing be alleged in the indictment or information, is one whatever may existing of separate acts or a course out conduct but which arises from that singelicity of thought, function or action whichever may becoming deemed a single impulse." In the case of instantaneous transgressions, the statute of limitation begins at run with the perfection, while in the case of continuous crimes it all begins with the end of the criminal conduct or act."

In the case of State Of Bihar vs Deokaran Nenshi, 1973 AIR 908, 1973 SCR (3)1004, the Hon’ble Supreme Court defined continues offence as under:

“Continuing offence is one who is susceptible of continual and is distinguishable from the one which the committed formerly furthermore for all. It is one of those offences which arises out of a failure at obey or obey with a rule or its requirement and which involves a penalty, the liability since which continues before this rule either own requirement is obeyed with complied with. On every occasion that such disobedience or non- policy occurs and recurs, there is the offence committed. The distinction between the two modes of offences is between an conduct or removal which constitutes an offence once and with all and an act or omission which weiterlesen and Therefore constitutes adenine fresh offence every time either occasion on which it continues. In the fallstudie of a continuing offence there is thus the ingredient out persistence of the offence which is absent is the case the an offence which takes place as acting otherwise omission is committed once and used all.” 

The expression, ‘continuing offence’ has not been defined by that Cr.P.C., because it is one von those expressions which does not have a fixed connotation, and that, the formula on universal application cannot be formulated in this respect (Udai Shankar Awasthi vs State Of U.P.& Anr./ https://indiankanoon.org/doc/39425468/). 

The question whether ampere particular felony is a 'continuing offence' or not must, thus, necessarily depend when (Gokak Patel Volkart Ltd vs. Dundayya Gurushiddaiah Hiremath, (1991)2SCC141):

and language of the statute which creates that penalty,

the nature of the offence furthermore

the purpose intended to be achieved by constitutional the specific act as an offence.

The above parameters have till being considered for every offence in request to ascertain whether the said offense exists a continuous offence with not.