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CASE NO.:

Transfer Petition (crl.) 183 of 1999

Transfer Petition (crl.) 26 of 2000

PETITIONER:

ABDUL NAZAR MADANI

Vs.

RESPONDENT:

VS.

DATE OF JUDGMENT: 05/05/2000

BENCH:

K.T. Thomas & R.P. Sethi.

JUDGMENT:

SETHI,J.

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Being some of the accused along with 152 others involved

in what is popularly known as Coimbatore-Bomb Blast Case,

the petitioners have prayed for the transfer of case PRC

No.54 of 1998 pending in the Court of FCJ Magistrate Court,

Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu entitled State vs. Abdul Nazir

Madani and others to any Sessions Court in the State of

Kerala allegedly on the ground of there being no possibility

of fair trial in the State of Tamil Nadu. It is alleged

that in the State of Tamil Nadu both Hindu and Muslim

fundamentalists are inciting trouble which has surcharged

the communal atmosphere in that State making the conduct of

the fair trial impossible. It is apprehended that the

witnesses will not be in a position to give evidence without

fear or favour. The petitioner Abdul N