THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.GOPALA KRISHNA RAO TRANSFER CRIMINAL PETITION No.98 of 2023

ORDER:

The petitioner herein have filed the present petition under Section 407 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking to withdraw C.C.No.569 of 2017, on the file of the I Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Visakhapatnam and transfer the same to the Judicial First Class Magistrate at Srikakulam.

2. The case of the petitioner in brief is as follows:

I. The marriage of the petitioner with the respondent No.2 is performed on 06.07.2014 at Bulgam and they used to reside at Visakhapatnam. Due to harassment made by the respondent No.2 and his family members the petitioner is staying at her parents’ house at Parlakhemudi, Odisha State. The petitioner pleaded the she had lodged a complaint before the SHO/women Police Station, Visakhapatnam City vide FIR No.76 of 2016, under Section 498(A) r/w 34 IPC and under Sections 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act and after completion of the investigation, the same was numbered as C.C.No.569 of 2017, on the file of the I Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Visakhapatnam.

II. The contention of the petitioner is that in between both the parties, around six