ORDER :

1. The petitioner is before this Court calling in question order dated 30-09-2021 passed by the XLIX Additional Civil and Sessions Judge (Special Court for NIA Cases) at Bangalore in Spl.C.C.No.141 of 2021 by which the application filed by the petitioner seeking transfer of his case from the Special Court trying cases under the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 (‘the Act’ for short) to the Court having jurisdiction to try IPC offences is rejected.

2. Brief facts that lead the petitioner to this Court in the subject petition, filtering out unnecessary details, are as follows:-

On 11-08-2020 at around 8-45 p.m. it is alleged, that a group of 25 to 30 people gathered in front of Kadugondana Halli (‘KG Halli’ for short) Police Station and started shouting slogans demanding arrest of one Naveen, nephew of Shri Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy, MLA who had posted certain derogatory message on his face-book account, which had generated such insult to the religious faith to those 25 to 30 people who belonged to a particular religion. At about 8.50 p.m. another group of people under the leadership of one Syed Ikramuddin entered KG Halli Police Station demanding registration of a case ag