ORDER (in Tr. Petn. (Crl.) No. 102 of 1982) :- By this petition the petitioners seek transfer of Sessions Case No. 137 of 1982 pending with Additional Sessions Court No. 5, Pune to any other Court competent to try the same at Indore in the State of Madhya Pradesh.

2. On a complaint filed by petitioner Ranjit Singh respondents I to 9 are being prosecuted for having committed offences under Sections 395 and 506 of the Penal Code. It is alleged that on November 19, 1981 at about 8.00 p.m. when the petitioner was proceeding towards his house, respondents, Nos. 1 to 9 surround him, abused and threatened to kill him and he was robbed of a golden chain and an amount of Rupees 500/-. The petitioner went to lodge the first information report to the police chowki, but the police declined to accept the information and take follow-up action. Therefore, on November 23, 1981, the petitioner filed a private complaint in the Court of Judicial Magistrate. The learned Magistrate took cognizance and held a preliminary enquiry. The petitioner examined 4 witnesses and thereafter the learned Magistrate framed a charge against the respondents for having committed offences under Ss. 395, 341, 504 and 506,