CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. 19602 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 19602 of 2025 Yogendra Mishra .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Sanjay Kumar Singh, Tej Pratap Singh 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 24.4.2023 giving rise to Case Crime No.990 of 2023 under section 138(1)(b) of the Indian Electricity (Amendment) Act, 2003, Police Station Anti Power Theft, Varanasi, District Varanasi. 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 Court intends to pass, it is not necessary to issue notice