IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No.M-17235 of 2011 Date of Decision : September 06, 2011 Rozleen Rittu Bhatti ....Petitioner Versus Manjit Kaur .....Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.P.S. MANN Present:Ms. G.K. Mann, Advocate Mr. Harish Goyal, Advocate T.P.S. MANN, J. (Oral) The petitioner has sought transfer of the complaint under Section 138 read with Section 142 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, which had been filed by the respondent against her and pending in the Court of Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Zira. The petitioner wants the aforesaid complaint to be transferred to Amritsar on the ground that she is a poor person and having no source of income. She has a minor school going child and, thus, finds it difficult to attend the Court proceedings being conducted at Zira. Criminal Misc. No.M-17235 of 2011 -2- Reply has been filed by the respondent wherein it has been stated that she has also three minor children, who all are studying. She has to lookafter them. Moreover, she is working as a Peon in a school and, therefore, cannot take leave quite often. Accordingly, she has prayed for dismissal of the petition. Learned counsel for the respondent has stated that the petitioner had also sought transfer of the civil suit filed by Bittu Masih, brother of the respondent, against the petitioner and pending in the Court of Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division), Zira by filing a transfer petition, i.e. T.A. No.81. The said petition has been dismissed by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 29.7.2011. Learned counsel for the petitioner has not controverted the aforementioned fact. She has, however, submitted that vide aforementioned order, this Court had also ordered the husband of the petitioner to pay her a sum of Rs.1,500/- on each of her visit for attending the Court at Zira. Criminal Misc. No.M-17235 of 2011 -3- Once the petitioner is required to attend to the civil suit at Zira, she can very well attend to the present complaint instituted against her by the respondent and pending at Zira. The stand of the petitioner that she is a poor person and having a minor school going child does not tilt the scale in her favour as the respondent is also similarly situated having three minor school going children. Resultantly, the petition is dismissed. ( T.P.S.MANN ) September 06, 2011 JUDGE satish