1 SNS IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MUMBAI APPELLATE CRIMINAL JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.375 OF 2010 Kavita D. Hire ...Applicant. v/s. Devdatta H. Hire and Ors. ...Respondents. Mr.P.D.Dalvi ,adv. For the Applicant. Mr. V.B.Konde Deshmukh, APP For the Respondent/State. CORAM : J.H. BHATIA, J. DATED : APRIL 13, 2011. P.C. 1 Heard the learned counsel for the applicant and the learned APP. 2 On the basis of report lodged by the present applicant, who is wife of the accused no.1, Regular Criminal Case No.9 of 2003 was registered under Sections 498A, 323, 504, 506 r/w section 34 of the I.P.C against the respondent nos.1 to 4. Respondent no.2 and 3 are parents of the respondent no.1 and respondent no.4 is brother of the respondent no. 1. This application is made by the applicant for transfer of the case from the Court of J.M.F.C., Karjat to J.M.F.C., Ulhasnagar where the applicant is residing on the ground that there is apprehension of threat to her life. 3 As the police have filed the chargesheet after investigation, applicant is not required to attend that case on every date. She will be 2 required to attend the Court only when she is called as witness. If the case is transferred from Karjat to Ulhasnagar, four accused persons will have to attend the Court at Ulhasnagar on every date. It will cause a lot of inconvenience. Case is pending in the Court of Karjat since 2003 and if now the case is transferred, it may be re-registered in the year 2011 and would appear there as a new case. In my opinion, following directions will meet the ends of justice: As and when applicant is summoned to give evidence in Regular Criminal Case No.9 of 2003 before the J.M.F.C., Karjat, Karjat police will provide her necessary protection. 4 Application stands disposed off accordingly. (J.H. BHATIA,J.)