CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. 10683 of 2025 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:89459-DB Court No. - 42 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 10683 of 2025 Petitioner :- Raju Patel Alias Chandrakant Kumar Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Sarvesh Chaubey Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.,Udit Chandra Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J. Hon'ble Anil Kumar-X,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the the petitioner, Shri Nitesh Patel, holding brief of Shri Udit Chandra, learned counsel for respondent no. 3 and learned A.G.A. for the State - respondents. 2. This writ petition has been filed with the prayer not to arrest and harass the petitioner in pursuance of First Information Report dated 3.12.2024 in Case Crime No.1565 of 2024, under Section 135 Indian Electricity Act (Amended), 2003, Police Station- Anti Power Theft, Police Station Prayagraj, District Varanasi. 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 c