THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA TRANSFER CRIMINAL PETITION No.119 of 2010 ORDER: This Transfer Criminal Petition is filed seeking to transfer C.C.No.2600 of 2005 from the Court of the I Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad to any other Court of competent jurisdiction either at Hyderabad or at Ranga Reddy District. It may not be necessary for this Court to delve into various facts mentioned in the petition. If a case is to be transferred from one Criminal Court to another Criminal Court in one Sessions Division, the first step that has to be followed is to move an application before the Sessions Judge as provided for under Section 270 Cr.P.C., and when it is rejected by the learned Sessions Judge, then only this Court gets jurisdiction. Apparently, the petitioners sought transfer of the said C.C. from one Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court to another Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court within Hyderabad jurisdiction, without making any application before the learned Sessions Judge. Hence, the said prayer cannot be accepted. Sri C.Praveen Kumar, learned counsel appearing for respondents 2 and 3, submitted that the petitioners are attributing mala fides against the learned I Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad and as of now, the said Officer is transferred. To substantiate the said submission, he brought to the notice of this Court para No.5 of the affidavit, filed in support of this Transfer Criminal Petition. Heard learned counsel appearing on either side. From a perusal of the same, it is clear that the said C.C. is sought to be transferred on the ground of mala fides of the learned Magistrate. However, as the said learned Magistrate is transferred, the apprehension on the part of the petitioners is no more in existence. In the light of the above discussion, this Court is of the view that the Transfer Criminal Petition deserves no consideration and accordingly, the same is dismissed. ___________________________________ JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA 18th January 2011 DR