Bengaluru: The High Court has transferred the hearing of YouTuber MD Sameer’s petition challenging the case against him for having shared a video clip connected to the Sowjanya rape and murder case from the principal bench in Bengaluru to the Dharwad Bench.

The FIR against Sameer was filed at the Cowl Bazaar Police Station of Ballari in March 2025. The single-judge bench of Justice Mohammad Nawaz heard on Tuesday the petition filed by the YouTuber for a quashing of the case.

The advocate who represented the petitioner asked for the case to be shifted to the Dharwad Bench as the case was filed in Ballari. The advocate also asked the bench to extend the order to stay the FIR and provide interim protection for Sameer till the hearing was transferred to Dharwad.

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