Crl. Trans. Appl. No. 109/01 (Old No.273/2000) Hon’ble Irshad Hussain, J. None appear for the petitioner. Heard Sri Lalit Verma learned A.G.A and perused the record. The petition was filed under section 407 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (for short ‘Code’) seeking transfer of the criminal case no. 217/1999 State of U.P. Vs. Jwala Prasad and others pending in the court of CJM, Nainital to any court of competent jurisdiction at Lucknow. After creation of the Uttaranchal, the petition has become infructuous. Even otherwise, there was only time bound stay in this petition. The stay was only upto 30.09.2000 and by now the criminal case must have been decided according to law. In view of this also, the petition had been rendered infructuous. The petition is dismissed as infructuous. Consign. Dated 31.5.2004 (Irshad Hussain, J.) Rawat