PANKAJ KHAPRA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) HEARD learned counsel for the petitioners, learned counsel for non -petitioner No 2, Smt. Sunita and learned Public Prosecutor.

(2.) THE instant transfer petition has been preferred requesting that Criminal Case No. 366/2001 arising out of FIR No. 478/2000 of Police Station, Pratapgarh under Sections 498A and 406, IPC and under Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, pending in the Court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pratapgarh, District Chittorgarh, Rajasthan be transferred to Alwar/Jaipur or any other place near to Delhi in the State of Rajasthan.

(3.) IT was further argued that counsel for the non -petitioner No. 2 has no locus standi to oppose the application under Section 301 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Therefore, looking to the circumstances of the case, the application for transfer of the case be accepted and the case be transferred from Pratapgarh to any other Court having jurisdiction in Rajasthan.