CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. 23522 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 23522 of 2025 Smt. Beena .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of Uttar Pradesh And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Dharm Pal Yadav Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A., Manu Ghildyal Court No. - 42 HON'BLE SIDDHARTHA VARMA, J. HON'BLE ACHAL SACHDEV, J. 1. Heard Sri Dharm Pal Yadav, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Ishan Mishra holding brief of Sri Manu Ghildyal, learned counsel for Electricity Department and learned A.G.A. for State. 2. This writ petition has been preferred for quashing the F.I.R. dated 23.7.2025 being Case Crime No. 1931 of 2025, under Sections 135 of Indian Electricity (Amendment) Act, 2003, Police Station-Anti Power Theft Thana, Etawah, District - Anti Power Theft. 3. Contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that offence as stated in the F.I.R. is compoundable and the petitioner is ready to apply for compounding of the offence compounded for which the F.I.R. has been lodged. 4. Learned counsel for electricity department also submits that if the petitioner files an application under Section 152 of the Electricity Act within a week, the same shall be decid