BUDIHAL R.B., J.

1. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner present. Respondent, though served with the notice of the petition, has remained absent and there is no representation even today.

2. This petition is filed by the petitioner/complainant under section 407 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 praying the Court to transfer the criminal case in C.C. No.5430/2015 on the file of the 16th Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Bangalore to Kundgol Magistrate Court, Kundgol, in the ends of justice.

3. Brief facts of the case pleaded by the petitioner are that the petitioner is the complainant and the respondent is the accused before the Trial Court in C.C. No.5430/2015 pending before the 16th Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Bengaluru. It is further pleaded that accused has suffered a lot of illness in his health; because of the ailments, accused is continuously taking treatment in different hospitals; daughter of the accused is also suffering from ailments and she is also taking follow up treatment regularly. It is contended that, on 01.07.2014, the accused met the complainant and requested for financial help for the treatment for himself and for his daug