CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. 20669 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 20669 of 2025 Mukesh .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Manoj Kumar Mathur Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A. Court No. - 43 HON'BLE SIDDHARTHA VARMA, J. HON'BLE ABDUL SHAHID, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Government Advocate for the State-respondents. 2. This writ petition has been filed for quashing of the First Information Report dated 16.6.2024 giving rise to Case Crime No.2988 of 2025 under section 135 of the Electricity Act, 2003, Police Station Anti Power Theft Thana Mathura, District Mathura. The petitioner has also prayed that he be not arrested in pursuance of the impugned FIR. 3. 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. 4. Learned AGA appears for respondent nos.1, 2 and 3. In view of the