1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRI.APPLICATION NO. 3387 OF 2001 Sou Sunita Suresh Sawant .. Applicant Vs State of Maharashtra and ors .. Respondent Mr. S.D.Patil, Advocate for the Applicant. Mr. K.V.Saste, APP, for the Respondent. Mr A.A.Gorge, for the respondent. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. DATE : 08/07/2009 PC: 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned APP for the respondent. 2. The applicant is seeking transfer of CC No.7 of 1997 pending before Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Pen, to the file of Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Thane. The applicant is one of the members of Dakshata committee. The applicant and other women were allegedly attacked by the respondent in the court premises when they had gone there with one Minakshi Dhumal, -the complainant in other case. That complaint filed by Minakshi Dhumal was mainly under section 498-A of IPC. More T 2 than seven and half years have passed after filing of this application for transfer. Counsel for the applicant and the complainant are not in a position to state whether their clients are still interested in prosecuting this proceedings further. The incident of attack on the applicant and the other members of Dakashta Committee took place on 28.11.1996. Keeping that in view and looking to the overall facts and circumstances of the case, in my opinion, following order will meet the ends of justice. 3. It is open to the applicant and other members of the Dakshata Committee to make a formal application to the concerned police station seeking police protection on every date/s of hearing of their criminal case, bearing no.7 of 1997 pending before Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Pen. If such an application is filed by them, the police are directed to provide police protection on every date of hearing of their case before the court of Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Pen. With these directions, this application is disposed of. (D. B. Bhosale, J.) 3