The Supreme Court today transferred to Delhi the trial in a cheating case against Congress Madhya Pradesh MLA Rajendra Bharti after taking note of his allegation that the defense witnesses were pressurized.

A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta passed the order, upon hearing Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal (for Bharti), Additional Solicitor General SV Raju (for State) and Senior Advocate Saurabh Mishra (for complainant), on Bharti's plea seeking transfer of the trial outside Madhya Pradesh.

In February this year, a bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan had stayed the trial in the case, expressing dissatisfaction with the State's evasive replies on whether it enquired into allegations that witnesses were intimidated. During the hearing, the bench

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