IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRAPRADESH AT HYDERABAD HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU TR.CRIMINAL PETITION No.93 of 2010 DATE:25.08.2010 Between: B.Mahesh Kumar and others …… Petitioners And: The Project Director, Women and Child Welfare Department And others …..Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU TR.CRIMINAL PETITION No.93 of 2010 ORDER: The petitioners who are respondents 1 to 4 in D.V.C. No. 1 of 2010 on the file of Additional Judicial Magistrate of the First Class, Avanigadda seek transfer of that case to the file of XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad for being tried along with C.C. No.644 of 2009. C.C. No.604 of 2009 is one relating to the offence under Section 498-A I.P.C. The respondents 1 to 3 filed the Domestic Violence Case at Avanigadda on the ground that her native place is Avanigadda, where she has been residing after separation from her husband. Therefore, it cannot be said that Avanigadda is not the proper place for filing the Domestic Violence Case. Contention of the petitioners that when they went to Avanigadda, they were threatened by phone to kill them, may not be relevant herein, because even as per the petitioners’ case they have given report to the police on the alleged threats. The police will look after that subject matter. Transferring the case from Avanigadda to Hyderabad would be inconvenience to the aggrieved persons viz., the 2nd respondent as well as the protection officer in Krishna District who instituted the proceedings at Avanigadda. I do not find any valid or legal reasons to transfer the case from Avanigadda to Hyderabad. 2) Hence, the petition is dismissed. _______________________________ SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU, J August 25, 2010 KSH