JUDGMENT

J.M. Panchal, J. —

By filing this petition under Section 406 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 (“The Code”, for short), the petitioner, who is son of late Radhey Shyam and who is also the first informant in the case relating to the murder of his father, has prayed that the case titled as State Vs. Aakash Tyagi and others being S.T. No. 6 of 2007 pending in the Court of learned Additional District Judge, Fast Track Court, Haridwar (Uttrakhand) arising out of crime No. 182 of 2006 and FIR No.169 of 2006 be transferred to the Court of competent jurisdiction at Delhi.

2. The background facts as projected by the petitioner in the instant petition are as follows:-

Late Radhey Shyam was initially appointed Executive Engineer in Irrigation Department of Uttar Pradesh. In January, 2004 he was posted to look after a project known as Upper Ganga Link Canal Project, under which two rivers, namely, Ganga and Yamuna were to be linked. It is claimed that because of his excellent track record, efficiency and honesty, he was promoted to the post of Superintending Engineer in November, 2005 and was placed in charge of the said project, the total cost of which was Rs.240 crores. The proj