IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.1168 of 2006 SANGEETA PANDEY Versus SUDHIR KUMAR PATHAK ----------- 7 27.8.2008 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the opposite party. The petitioner is the wife of the opposite party. The petitioner filed a complaint case under section 498A of the Penal Code in the court at Patna. She resides at Rajiv Nagar with her father and is pursuing the complaint case. After the complaint case was filed, the opposite party filed a case for divorce being Matrimonial Case No. 66 of 2005 before the Principal Judge, Family Court, Muzaffarpur. Learned counsel for the opposite party submits that the petitioner has instituted nine cases in Patna against him some of which have been dropped. The case with respect of grant of maintenance and another case is also pending before Addl. Dist. & Sessions Judge IV, Patna, in which the claim is that the petitioner is entitled to residence with her husband. Since there is already a case pending for grant of maintenance before the Additional Dist. & Sessions Judge, Patna, I direct that Matrimonial (Divorce) Case No. 66 of 2005 should also be transferred to Patna so that the matters relating to the dispute between the petitioner and the opposite party can be heard together. Learned counsel for the opposite party further submits that the case has been fixed for evidence and one of the witnesses of 2 the opposite party has also been examined by the Principal Judge, Family Court, Muzaffarpur. In the circumstances I direct that the records etc. of Matrimonial (Divorce) Case No. 66/2005 should be transferred to the Principal Judge, Family Court, Patna / Addl. Principal Judge, Family Court, Patna. It is further directed that the Principal Judge, Family Court, Patna shall take up this case and dispose it of within a period of six months. This application is allowed. haque (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)