ORDER

1. HEARD LEARNED COUNSEL FOR THE PARTIES.

2. ADMIT.

3. IN THIS PETITION, THE PETITIONER HAS SOUGHT FOR TRANSFER OF THREE CRIMINAL CASES FILED AGAINST HIM UNDER SECTION 138 OF THE NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS ACT AT THREE DIFFERENT PLACES LIKE GURGAON IN HARYANA, GHAZIABAD IN U.P. AND AT DELHI. HE ALLEGES THAT THE COMPLAINT ARISES OUT OF ONE TRANSACTION, HENCE, FILING OF CRIMINAL CASE IN DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONAL COURTS IS WITH A VIEW TO HARASS HIM AND COMPEL HIM TO CONCEDE TO THE ILLEGAL DEMANDS OF THE FIRST RESPONDENT.

4. LEARNED COUNSEL FOR THE RESPONDENT, HOWEVER, DENIES THIS CHARGE AND HE SAYS THAT THESE COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FILED BECAUSE THEIR RESPECTIVE BRANCHES ARE SITUATED WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS MENTIONED HEREINABOVE.

5. BE THAT AS IT MAY, SINCE THE OFFENCE ALLEGED UNDER SECTION 138 OF THE NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS ACT HAS ARISEN OUT OF ONE SINGLE TRANSACTION, WE THINK IT APPROPRIATE AND IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE THAT ALL THESE CASES SHOULD BE TRIED IN ONE COURT. WHILE THE PETITIONER CONTENDS THAT THESE CASES SHOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO CHENNAI IN TAMIL NADU, THE RESPONDENTS CONTEND THAT THESE CASES COULD BE TRANSFERRED TO ANYONE OF THE COURTS WHERE THE COMPLAINT F