Allahabad High Court · 2025-07-04
CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. 13479 of 2025 at Allahabad
- Citation / case number
- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. 13479 of 2025 at Allahabad
- Court
- Allahabad High Court
- Petitioner
- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. 13479 of 2025 at Allahabad
- Respondent
- Unknown
Judgment text excerpt
Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:104177-DB Court No. - 43 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 13479 of 2025 Petitioner :- Jeetu @ Jeetendra Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Gaurav Tiwari,Ramesh Kumar Counsel for Respondent :- Baleshwar Chaturvedi,G.A. Hon'ble Siddhartha Varma,J. Hon'ble Anil Kumar-X,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.G.A. for the State-respondents. 2. This writ petition has been filed for quashing of the First Information Report dated 16.5.2022 giving rise to Case Crime No.1990 of 2022, under Section 135 of Indian Electricity Act (Amendment) 2003, Police Station - Anti Power Theft Station Mathura, District -Mathura. 3. Contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that FIR was of the year 2022 and the police had started off the investigation as late as in the year 2025. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner is not aware of any provisional notice having been given to him. He states the petitioner be granted an opportunity to apply under Section 152 of the Electricity Act, 2003 for the compounding of the offence. 4. Under such circumstances, if the petitioner moves a