CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. 6199 of 2025 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:48859-DB Court No. - 42 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 6199 of 2025 Petitioner :- Rana Pratap Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Dinesh Rai Counsel for Respondent :- Chetan Chatterjee,G.A. Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J. Hon'ble Prashant Kumar,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the the petitioner, Shri Kavindra Dwivedi, Advocate holding brief of Shri Chetan Chatterjee, learned counsel for the informant and learned A.G.A. for the State - respondents. 2. This writ petition has been filed with the prayer to quash the First Information Report dated 15.09.2022 in Case Crime No.2241 of 2022, under Section 135 of Electricity Act, 2003 Police Station- Anti Power Theft Police Station Azamgarh, District Azamgarh. 3. Since offence itself is required to be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of Section 152 of Indian Electricity Act and the offence is otherwise compoundable, remedy of the petitioner would be to pursue the course available under the Act itself. 4. In view of the aforesaid and without expressing any opinion on merits of the case of the petitioner, this writ petition is disposed of giving li