IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRL.PETITION No. 4 5 6 7 OF 2010 Between: Kalepu Satish & 2-Ors. ..... Petitioners V/s. Kalepu Harika & Anr. … Respondents Counsel for the Petitioners : Sri VV Narsimhmam Counsel for the Respondents: Addl.Public Prosecutor The Court made the following : (Order follows 2nd page) THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRL.PETITION No. 4 5 6 7 OF 2010. O R D E R : The petitioners/A1 to A3 are questioning transfer of CC.No. 363 of 2009 from the Court of First Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Visakhapatnam to the Court of Special Judicial Magistrate of the First Class for Excise Offences, Visakhapatnam as CC.No. 85 of 2010 on the ground that the former court is a notified Mahila Court and not the latter. Both the courts are located at Visakhapatnam only. Suo mottu orders of transfer of the case might have been passed having regard to volume of work in the former court and in order to reduce the said volume. The former court though named as Mahila Court, it is not a special court or designated court like the Courts under the SCs & STs (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act or Human Rights Act. Work relating to female victims is assigned to Mahila Court. Nomenclature of that court is with reference to the work done by that court and not under any special enactment. Therefore, the Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Visakhapatnam who is stated to have made transfer is well within his/her power under Cr.P.C. to do so. There is absolutely no illegality or irregularity or impropriety in the action of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Visakhapatnam. 2. In the result, the Petition is dismissed. ____________________________________ Justice Samudrala Govindarajulu.. 02-06-2010. I s L THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRL.P.NO. 4 5 6 7 OF 2010 Circulation Entry No. 22 Date: 02-06-2010 COMPUTER No. 43 Court Master: I s L