Court No. - 65
Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 46664 of 2019 Applicant :- Dr. Ranjana Gupta Opposite Party :- State Of Up And 2 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Sujeet Kumar,Ankur Varshney Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Mukesh Kumar Singh
Hon'ble Vivek Kumar Singh,J.
Heard Sri Sujeet Kumar, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Mukesh Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the opposite party No.2 and 3 and perused the material brought on record.
This application under Section 482, Cr.P.C. has been filed for quashing/stay of entire proceeding of Case Crime No. 217 of 2017, under section 138 (B) Indian Electricity Act, Police Station - Bilsi, District- Budaun as well as the impugned charge sheet No. 282/2017 dated 11.11.2017, summoning order dated 15.5.2018, and the N.B.W. Order dated 1.11.2019 passed by Addl. Sessions Judge/Special Judge (E.C. Act) Budaun.
It is contended by the learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2and 3 that the offence in question is compoundable.
After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and on perusal of the material available on record this Court is of the opinion that no useful purpose would be served in keeping this petition pending, which is finally disposed off, with liberty to the applicant to move an appropriate application under the relevant provisions of Electricity Act for compounding, before the concerned authority within 15 days from today. If such an application is moved by the applicant the same shall be considered and decided, most expeditiously, in accordance with law, after hearing the parties concerned, preferably within a period of two months.
For a period of three months or till the disposal of the aforesaid application, no coercive action shall be taken against the applicant in the aforesaid case.
Order Date :- 20.12.2019 ssm