Court No. - 40
Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 22456 of 2019 Applicant :- Sunita Devi Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Alok Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Baleshwar Chaturvedi
Hon'ble Rajiv Gupta,J.
Heard Sri Alok Singh, learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. for the State and Sri Baleshwar Chaturvedi, learned counsel for the opposite party no.2.
The present 482 Cr.P.C. application has been filed to quash the charge sheet dated 31.1.2018 and cognizance order dated 15.1.2019 passed by District and Special Judge, Agra in Special Trial No.256 of 19, State Vs. Sunita Devi, arising out of Case Crime No.330 of 2018, under Section 135 of Electricity Act, 2003, Police Station Baha, District Agra.
It has been stated that the offence alleged is compoundable. The applicant is ready to settle the matter with the opposite party no. 2. Reliance has also been placed on a recent Supreme Court decision in the case of Suresh Ganpati Halvankar Vs. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. in Criminal Appeal No. 156 of 2018, decided on 22.01.2018.
Considering the above, the present application is disposed of with the following directions:
i) the applicant shall pay up the entire electricity dues as claimed, upto date, within a period of three weeks from today.
ii) upon payment of the electricity dues, the applicant shall, within a week therefrom file before the learned court below an application seeking compounding of the offence, as alleged.
iii) upon proof of payment of the electricity dues and the compounding fees, if any, the learned Court below shall decide the application for compounding filed by the applicant, in accordance with law before proceedings further, with the trial.
iv) for a period of one month from today, and in the event of continued compliance being made by the applicant (of this order and also of the further directions that may be issued by the learned court below, within time as may be granted by it), coercive measures may not be adopted against the applicant till disposal of the compounding application.
v) in the event of default on part of the applicant, the protection being granted by this order shall stand lifted and the applicant may be dealt with as if this order had not been passed.
With the aforesaid directions, the present application is disposed of. Order Date :- 7.6.2019 T. Sinha