1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRI.APPLICATION NO. 1807 OF 2009 Ramesh Nambiar .. Applicant Vs State of Maharashtra & anr .. Respondents Mr. Vivek Salunke, Advocate for the Applicant. Mrs.S.D.Shinde, APP, for the Respondent. Mr H.E.Palwe, for respondent no.1. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. DATE : 08/07/2009 PC: 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. By this application, the applicant-accused is seeking transfer of four complaints, bearing nos. 174, 175, 176 and 177 of 2007 pending in the court of Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Nandgaon, Dist-Nashik, to any other court out of Nandgaon. The applicant has quoted two incidents, dated 30.10.2007 and 19.11.2007, on which dates, when the applicant and his persons had gone to Nandgaon they were threatened and on 19.11.2007 they were abducted and forced to sign certain papers. Mr. Palwe, learned counsel for the complainant, vehemently submitted that there was no such incidents, apart from the fact T 2 that the applicant had no reason to indulge in such activities since they are interested in hearing and final disposal of the complaints filed by them in the court of Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Nandgaon. Having considered overall facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to grant this application and I am satisfied that the ends of justice would be met if directions are issued to the concerned police station to provide police protection on such request being made by the applicant whenever he goes to Nandgaon for attending the aforesaid complaints in the court of Judicial Magistrate First Class,Nandgaon. Hence, the following order. The application seeking transfer of the cases is rejected. However, it is open to the applicant to apply to the concerned police station seeking police protection on the date/s of hearing/s of the cases pending in the court of Judicial Magistrate First Class, Nadgaon. If such an application/s is/are filed, the concerned police station may provide him police protection in accordance with law. The application is disposed of. (D. B. Bhosale, J.) 3