Smt Azra Parveen v. State of Up 4 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Single-judge High Court dismissed a Section 407 Cr.P.C. application seeking transfer of a criminal case from Bijnor to Gautam Budh Nagar due to alleged advocate influence and distance. The court held allegations were vague and noted convenience involves prosecution and witnesses too.
What did the court decide?
Transfer application rejected; case to remain in Bijnor.
What the court decided
Neutral Citation No. - 2024:AHC:157761
Court No. - 86
Case :- TRANSFER APPLICATION (CRIMINAL) No. - 87 of 2024
Applicant :- Smt Azra Parveen Opposite Party :- State Of Up 4 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Akhilesh Kumar Tiwari,Mohd Abdul Moid Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Neeraj Srivastava
Hon'ble Nalin Kumar Srivastava,J.
- This application has been filed under Section 407 Cr.P.C. seeking transfer of Criminal Case No. 3948 of 2007, under Sections 323, 504, 506 IPC, P.S. Kotwali Shahr District Bijnor, pending before the Court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No.1, Bijnor to the Competent Court at District Gautam Budh Nagar.
- Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned counsel for the opposite party nos. 2 to 5 as well as the learned AGA.
- It is submitted by the learned counsel for the applicant that opposite party no.5, who is also the relative of opposite party no.2, is a practicing Advocate at District Bijnor and he makes a lot of nuisance and under his influence no counsel at district Bijnor is ready to do the pairvi of the case of the applicant. He has influence upon the Courts also. He makes pressure upon the witnesses to change the statement in favour of the opposite party nos.2 to 5. The applicant has a genuine and reasonable apprehension for not getting justice from the Courts at district Bijnor. It is further submitted that the family of the applicant is living at Delhi and district Bijnor is about 180 Km. away from Delhi. It is also submitted that treatment of the applicant is going on at Delhi and she is not able to attend the proceedings at Bijnor. It is also submitted that in these facts and circumstances the applicant has now no hope of justice from the Courts at Bijnor judgeship and that is why the aforesaid transfer application has been moved before this Court.
Issues for consideration
2 issues framed by the court
Whether the transfer application for Criminal Case No. 3948 of 2007 from District Bijnor to District Gautam Budh Nagar is maintainable based on allegations of influence and inconvenience.
Whether the apprehension of not getting justice in District Bijnor is reasonable and based on facts rather than conjectures.
Parties & counsel
- applicant
Smt Azra Parveen
- respondent
State Of Up
Coram
Nalin Kumar Srivastava
Case details
As recorded by the court registry
- Court
- Allahabad HC
- Decided on
- · July
- Registered
- Case no.
- TACR/87/2024
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