CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. 18180 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 18180 of 2025 Kaushal Kishor .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of Uttar Pradesh And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ajay Shukla, Lalit Singh Tomar Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A. Court No. - 43 HON'BLE SIDDHARTHA VARMA, J. HON'BLE ABDUL SHAHID, J. 1. This writ petition has been filed for quashing of the First Information Report dated 15.5.2025 giving rise to Case Crime No.0600 of 2025 under section 135 of the Indian Electricity (Amendment) Act, 2003, Police Station Anti Power Theft, District Kanpur Dehat. The petitioner has also prayed that he be not arrested in pursuance of the impugned FIR. 2. Contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that the offence, as stated in the FIR, is compoundable and the petitioner is ready to apply for compounding the offence for which the FIR was lodged. Learned counsel, therefore, states that the petitioner would file an application before the authority concerned under section 152 of the Electricity Act. 3. Learned AGA appears for respondent nos.1 and 2. In view of the order that this Court intends to pass, it is not necessary to issue notice to