JUDGMENT

Sethi, J.-Being some of the accused along with 152 others involved in what is popularly known as Coimbatore-Bomb Blast Case, the petitioners have prayed for the transfer of case PRC No. 54 of 1998 pending in the Court of FCJ Magistrate Court, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu entitled State v. Abdul Nazir Madani and others to any Sessions Court in the State of Kerala allegedly on the ground of there being no possibility of fair trial in the State of Tamil Nadu. It is alleged that in the State of Tamil Nadu both Hindu and Muslim fundamentalists are inciting trouble which has surcharged the communal atmosphere in that State making the conduct of the fair trial impossible. It is apprehended that the witnesses will not be in a position to give evidence without fear or favour. The petitioner Abdul Nazar Madani has referred to some attack on him by RSS Cadres during August, 1992 as a consequence of which he sustained injuries which ultimately resulted in the imputation of his right leg. He has two children aged four and one year old and a wife from a very poor family. He claims to be the founder of Al-amwar islamic Madrass and Orphanage in Kollam District in Kerala where about 280 orphans a