Crl. Misc. No. M – 5413 of 2011 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH -.- Crl. Misc. No. M – 5413 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision:- March 21, 2011 M/s Pal Insfrastructure & Developers Pvt. Ltd. Etc ... Petitioners Versus M/s Triveni Ferrous Infrastructure (P) Ltd. ... Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GURDEV SINGH Present:- Mr. B.R.Gupta, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Ajay Ghangas, Advocate, for the respondent. Gurdev Singh, J (oral) Crl. Misc. Nos. 15277 and 15281 of 2011 Heard. Allowed subject to all just exceptions. Crl. Misc. No. M – 5413 of 2011 Heard. This petition under Section 407 of the Code of Criminal Procedure has been filed by the petitioners M/s Pal Infrastructure and Developers Pvt. Ltd. & Ors., for the transfer of the criminal complaints filed under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, against them by the respondents from different Courts at Gurgaon and Faridabad to one criminal Court at Gurgaon. 18 such complaints are detailed in Annexure P/1. It is Crl. Misc. No. M – 5413 of 2011 (O&M) -2- not disputed between the parties that all these complaints have been filed in respect of the cheques, which were issued in connection with the agreement entered into between them and which has been annexed with the present petition as Annexure P/2. According to the learned counsel for the respondent two other complaints in respect of the cheques given under that agreement are also pending between the parties in the Court of Sh. Mukesh Rao, JMIC, Gurgaon. All these complaints between the parties arising out of the same agreement, for fair trial, are to be decided by one and the same Court. Learned counsel for the parties have no objection if all the complaints pending between the parties in different Courts are ordered to be heard and decided by the same Court. The following table depicts the picture of those complaints:- Sr. No Case No. Party's Name Case where pending 1 6890 dt, 8.7.2010/ 9.8.2010 M/s Triveni Insfrastructure etc. Vs. M/s Pal Infrastructure etc Sh. Sunil Chauhan, JMIC, Gurgaon 2 6902 dt. 9.8.2010 M/s Triveni Insfrastructure etc. Vs. M/s Pal Infrastructure etc Sh. Sunil Chauhan, JMIC, Gurgaon 3 6903 dt. 9.8.2010 M/s Triveni Insfrastructure etc. Vs. M/s Pal Infrastructure etc Sh. Sunil Chauhan, JMIC, Gurgaon 4 6897 dt. 9.10.2010 M/s Triveni Insfrastructure etc. Vs. M/s Pal Infrastructure etc Sh. Sunil Chauhan, JMIC, Gurgaon 5 4583 dt. 6.3.2010 M/s Triveni Insfrastructure etc. Vs. M/s Pal Infrastructure etc Sh. Lokesh Gupta, JMIC, Faridabad 6 2633 dt. 6.3.2010 M/s Triveni Insfrastructure etc. Vs. M/s Pal Infrastructure etc Sh. Lokesh Gupta, JMIC, Faridabad 7 595 dt. 6.3.2010 M/s Triveni Insfrastructure etc. Vs. M/s Pal Infrastructure etc Sh. Lokesh Gupta, JMIC, Faridabad 8 1544 dt. 6.3.2010 M/s Triveni Insfrastructure etc. Vs. M/s Pal Infrastructure etc Sh. Lokesh Gupta, JMIC, Faridabad 9 1540 dt 6.3.2010 M/s Triveni Insfrastructure etc. Vs. M/s Pal Infrastructure etc Sh. Lokesh Gupta, JMIC, Faridabad Crl. Misc. No. M – 5413 of 2011 (O&M) -3- Sr. No Case No. Party's Name Case where pending 10 2403 dt. 6.3.2010 M/s Triveni Insfrastructure etc. Vs. M/s Pal Infrastructure etc Sh. Lokesh Gupta, JMIC, Faridabad 11 762-E dt. 11.3.2010 /1.6.2010 M/s Triveni Insfrastructure etc. Vs. M/s Pal Infrastructure etc Ms. Mona Singh, JMIC, Faridabad 12 761-E dt 11.3.2010 /1.6.2010 M/s Triveni Insfrastructure etc. Vs. M/s Pal Infrastructure etc Ms. Mona Singh, JMIC, Faridabad 13 759-E dt 11.3.2010 /1.6.2010 M/s Triveni Insfrastructure etc. Vs. M/s Pal Infrastructure etc Ms. Mona Singh, JMIC, Faridabad 14 763 dt. 11.3.2010 /1.6.2010 M/s Triveni Insfrastructure etc. Vs. M/s Pal Infrastructure etc Ms. Mona Singh, JMIC, Faridabad 15 691-E dt. 25.2.2010 /1.6.2010 M/s Triveni Insfrastructure etc. Vs. M/s Pal Infrastructure etc Ms. Mona Singh, JMIC, Faridabad 16 760-E dt. 11.3.2010 /1.6.2010 M/s Triveni Insfrastructure etc. Vs. M/s Pal Infrastructure etc Ms. Mona Singh, JMIC, Faridabad 17 693-E dt 25.2.2010 /1.6.2010 M/s Triveni Insfrastructure etc. Vs. M/s Pal Infrastructure etc Ms. Mona Singh, JMIC, Faridabad 18 6892 2010 M/s Triveni Insfrastructure etc. Vs. M/s Pal Infrastructure etc Sh. Sunil Chauhan, JMIC, Gurgaon 19 3615 dt. 16.7.2010 M/s Triveni Ferrous Insfrastructure etc. Vs. M/s Pal Infrastructure etc Sh. Mukesh Rao, JMIC, Gurgaon 20 3614 dt 16.7.2010 M/s Triveni Ferrous Insfrastructure etc. Vs. M/s Pal Infrastructure etc Sh. Mukesh Rao, JMIC, Gurgaon As per the contents of the agreement, all the disputes arisen between the parties are to be decided by the Courts at Faridabad/Delhi alone. The interest of justice requires that all these complaints be transferred to one Court at Faridabad. Accordingly, the complaints described at Sr.No. 1 to 4 and 18 are withdrawn from the file of Sh. Sunil Chauhan, JMIC, Gurgaon, the complaints mentioned at Sr. No. 11 to 17 are withdrawn from the file of Ms. Mona Singh, JMIC, Faridabad and complaints mentioned at Crl. Misc. No. M – 5413 of 2011 (O&M) -4- Sr. No. 19 and 20 are withdrawn from the file of Sh. Mukesh Rao, JMIC, Gurgaon, are transferred to the Court of Sh. Lokesh Gupta, JMIC, Faridabad, for deciding the same in accordance with law. The parties are directed to appear in that Court on 5.5.2011. The petition is disposed of accordingly. March 21, 2011 (Gurdev Singh) tripti Judge