RAMJUS vs B.S.E.S RAJDHANI POWER LTD

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 10.02.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 13.02.2026 + CRL.A. 371/2018 & CRL.M.A. 5700/2018 RAMJUS .....Appellant Through: Mr. Satyajit Kumar Singh, Advocate. Versus B.S.E.S RAJDHANI POWER LTD .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sharique Hussain, Ms. Kirti Garg and Mr. Raghav Awasthi, Advocates for BSES RPL. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA JUDGMENT CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA, J. 1. In this appeal filed under Section 374 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (the Cr.P.C) read with Section 156 of the Electricity Act, 2003 (the Act), the 1st accused in CC No. 505/2014 on the file of the Additional Sessions Judge, Special Electricity Court, Saket Courts, New Delhi, assails the judgment dated 07.11.2017 as per which he has been convicted for the offence punishable under Section 135 of the Act. Signature Not Verified CRL.A. 371/2018 Page 1 of 13 Signed By:KOMAL DHAWAN Signing Date:16.02.2026 16:29:16 2. In the complaint filed under Section 151 of the Act, it was alleged by the complainant (respondent herein) thus:- on 07.03.2014, an inspection was conducted by the complainant, namely, P. Bhaskar, Assistant Manager (PW1), Tausif Ahmad, Engineer and Anoop, Lineman(PW3) at a jhuggi, situated near Shri Mata Kirtan Mandali, B 15711, Freedom Fighter Enclave, New Delhi 110068. The jhuggi was found to be in use and occupation of the 1st and 2nd accused. During the inspection, it was found that the accused persons were indulging in theft of electricity for domestic purposes with a connected load of 6.775 KW by illegally tapping electricity from the complainant’s service cable, thereby causing loss and damage to the complainant. 2.1. After the inspection and raid, the inspection team prepared the inspection report, load