Karnataka Court December 1966 Judgments

M. Halappa Gowda Vs. Kupperamane Manjamma

Court: Karnataka

Reported in: AIR1968Mys97; 1968CriLJ524

ORDER(1) This is an application for the transfer of C.C. No. 612/64 on the file of the Special First Class Magistrate, Sagar, which is pending against the present petitioner. (2) The facts are these; Respondent who is absent in these proceedings filed a complaint against the petitioner alleging that he had committed an offence punishable under Section 354 I.P.C. Some witnesses on behalf of the complainant including complainant were examined. A charge was framed against the petitioner on 25-11-1965 and the case was posted to 20-12-1965 to ascertain whether he wanted to cross-examine the prosecution witnesses. On 20-12-1965 the case was adjourned to 11-1-1966 as the Magistrate was on leave. As 11-1-1966 happened to be a holiday, the case was posted to 4-2-1966. On that day Advocate for the respondent retired, and the petitioner submitted that he would like to cross-examine all the witnesses. The case was adjourned to 2-3-1966 for cross-examination of the witnesses. On 2-3-1966 the witnes...