Court No. - 69
Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 35916 of 2019 Applicant :- Virendra Singh Opposite Party :- State Of Up And Anr Counsel for Applicant :- Sanjay Kumar Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Mahboob Ahmad
Hon'ble Vivek Kumar Singh,J.
Heard Sri Sanjay Kumar Yadav, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Anas Mahboob, learned counsel holding brief of Sri Mahboob Ahmad, 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 stay/quashing of the charge sheet dated 21.10.2015 in Case Crime No. 633 of 2015, under section 138(B) of Electricity Act, Police Station- Kasimabad, District- Ghazipur, pending in the court of Addl. Sessions Judge/E.C. Actd, District - Ghazipur.
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 :- 26.9.2019 ssm