HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 21929 of 2025 Court No. - 42 HON'BLE SIDDHARTHA VARMA, J. HON'BLE ACHAL SACHDEV, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.G.A. for State. 2. This writ petition has been preferred for quashing the F.I.R. dated 4.7.2025 being Case Crime No. 2487 of 2025, under Sections 135-1(a) of Indian Electricity (Amendment) Act, 2003, Police Station-Anti Power Theft Thana, Gautam Buddha Nagar, 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 the State also submits that if the petitioner files an application under Section 152 of the Electricity Act within a week, the same shall be decided within a period of three weeks. 5. Under such circumstances, we direct that the petitioner to file an application for compounding of the offence within a period of one week and in case the petitioner moves such an application before the appropriate forum/court, the same shall be decided within the next three weeks thereafter. 6. For a period of two months or till the decision of the application for compounding, whichever is earlier, no coercive action shall be taken against the petitioner. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Abhishek Kumar Shukla, Aklesh Kumar Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A. Rajkumari .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) 7. With the aforesaid directions, the writ petition is disposed of. October 9, 2025 PK CRLP No. 21929 of 2025 2 (Achal Sachdev,J.) (Siddhartha Varma,J.) Digitally signed by :- PRAVEEN KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad