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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CRIMINAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

TRANSFER PETITION (Crl.) NO. 366 OF 2019

TESHI YAMI & ORS.                                  Petitioner(s)

                                VERSUS

CBI/ACB                                            Respondent(s)

O R D E R

 

 This  Transfer  Petition  has  been  filed  by  the

petitioners  for  transfer  of  CBI  Case  No. 3  of  2019

(arising out of RC No. 4A of 2016/SHG) titled as  CBI/ACB

vs. Teshi Yami & Ors. Pending before the Court of Special

Judge, CBI, Shillong, Meghalaya to the Court of Special

Judge,  CBI/ACB,  Yupia,  District  Papum  Pare,  Arunachal

Pradesh. 

The  court  is  of  the  opinion  that  looking  at  the

number  of  witnesses  (who  reside  in  Arunachal  Pradesh)

further  having  regard  to  the   fact  that  most  of  other

witnesses do not reside within Meghalaya and also that a

large number of accused reside in Arunachal Pradesh, it

would  be  in  the  larger  interest  of  justice  that  the

proceedings are transferred.  Accordingly, CBI Case  No.

3 of 2019 titled as CBI/ACB vs. Teshi Yami & Ors. pending

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before  the  Court  of  Special  Judge,  CBI,  Shillong,

Meghalaya is hereby transferred to the Court of Special

Judge,  CBI/ACB,  Yupia,  District  Papum  Pare,  Arunachal

Pradesh.  

The Petitioners who are accused in the said case are

bound out to appear before the Special Judge, CBI  /ACB,

Yupia, District Papum Pare, Arunachal Pradesh on 13th  July 2020.

The  transferee  court  shall  secure  the  presence  of

all the other accused and proceed further with the matter.

The  transferor  court  shall  forthwith  transmit  the

record of the aforesaid case to the transferee court.  

Accordingly, the Transfer Petition is allowed in the

above terms. 

Pending applications, if any, are disposed of.

 


.............................J.

 (S. RAVINDRA BHAT)

NEW DELHI

JUNE 01, 2020

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               S U P R E M E  C O U R T  O F  I N D I A

                       RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Transfer Petition(s)(Criminal)  No(s).  366/2019

TESHI YAMI & ORS.                                  Petitioner(s)

                                VERSUS

CBI/ACB                                            Respondent(s)


Date : 01-06-2020 This petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

         HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. RAVINDRA BHAT

For Petitioner(s) Mr. Siddharth Luthra, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Piyush Sharma, Adv.

                    Mr. Arvind Gupta, AOR

                  

For Respondent(s) Ms. Aishwarya Bhatti, Sr. Adv.

                    Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR

                    Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, Adv.

Mr. Rajesh Kumar Singh, Adv.

          UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

                             O R D E R

The Transfer Petition is allowed in terms of the signed

order.

Pending applications, if any, are disposed of.

(NEELAM GULATI)                                 (RAJINDER KAUR)

ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS                         ASSISTANT  REGISTRAR

(Signed order is placed on the file)

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