Court No. - 47
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 9311 of 2021 Petitioner :- Virendra Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Bhuwan Chandra Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.,Baleshwar Chaturvedi
Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J. Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J.
Heard Shri Bhuwan Chandra Mishha, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned AGA for the State–respondents.
This writ petition has been filed praying to quash the first information report dated 04.08.2021in Case Crime No.2235 of 2021, under section 135 of the Indian Electricity Act, 2003, Police Station - Bulandshahr (Anti Power Thef), Distrct - Bulandshahr.
After arguments were heard at some length, learned counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner shall apply for compounding before the competent authority as per the provisions of section 152 of the Indian Electricity Act, 2003.
Learned counsel for the respondent no. 5 states that if the petitioner applies for compounding within two weeks from today, his application for compounding shall be considered in accordance with law and appropriate order shall be passed thereon.
In view of the aforesaid and without expressing any opinion on merits of the petitioner, this writ petition is disposed of giving liberty to the petitioner to apply for compounding before the competent authority in accordance with law within two weeks from today along with a copy of this order and in the event a compounding application is filed by the petitioner, the same shall be considered and decided by the competent authority in accordance with law within next one week.
For a period of three weeks, no coercive action shall be taken against the petitioner.
The party shall file computer generated copy of such order downloaded from the official website of High Court Allahabad, self attested by the petitioners alongwith a self attested identity proof of the said persons (preferably Aadhar Card) mentioning the mobile number to which the said Aadhar Card is linked.
The concerned Court/Authority shall verify the authenticity of such computerised copy of the order from the official website of High Court Allahabad and shall make a declaration of such verification in writing.
Order Date :- 26.10.2021 Ak/