Court No. - 65
Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 46799 of 2019 Applicant :- Taufeeq Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And Anr Counsel for Applicant :- Amir Khan Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Pranjal Mehrotra
Hon'ble Vivek Kumar Singh,J.
Heard Sri Amir Khan, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Pranjal Mehrotra, learned counsel for the opposite party No.2 and perused the material brought on record.
This application under Section 482, Cr.P.C. has been filed for quashing the Charge Sheet No. 132 of 2018 dated 20.3.2018 in Case Crime No. 109 of 2018, under section 135 of Electricity Act, 2003, Police Station- Hayat Nagar, District- Sambhal and the summoning order dated 31.7.2019 passed by Special Judge, E.C. Act, Chandausi, Sambhal at Chandausi, Police Station- Hayat Nagar, District- Sambhal.
It is contended by the learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2 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