IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
Transfer Petition (Criminal) No.259/2017
SUMAN MANJEET MANSUKHANI @ SILKY SETHI AND ORS. Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
MANJEET AJIT MANSUKHANI Respondent(s)
O R D E R
1. The petitioners have filed the captioned transfer petition
under Section 406 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 for transfer
of CC No.206/Jul/2016 filed under Section 506 of the Indian
Procedure Code, 1860, titled as “Sh. Manjeet Ali Mansukhani Vs.
Smt. Suman Manjeet Mansukhani & Ors.” pending in the Court of
learned Metropolitan Magistrate, 10th Court at Andheri, Mumbai to
the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ludhiana, Punjab.
2. Office Report dated 12.12.2023 indicates that the respondent
was duly served, however he has not entered appearance and contest
the case. Having heard learned counsel appearing for the
petitioners and perused the material available on-record and also
the prayer made out in the petition, more so of the reason that the
petitioner No.1 is dependent on her parents at Ludhiana and that
she cannot bear the expenses for travel to the place where the
proceedings are being currently pending i.e. the Court of learned
Metropolitan Magistrate, 10th Court at Andheri, Mumbai, we are of
the view that the Transfer Petition deserves to be allowed.
3. Accordingly, the Transfer Petition is allowed. The Court of
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