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2025 DAILYLAW 102901 (ALL)

SHAHNAWAZ KHAN v. STATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS

CRLP/22342/2025 · 2025-09-25

Santosh Rai, Siddharth

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 22342 of 2025 Court No. - 47 HON'BLE SIDDHARTH, J. HON'BLE SANTOSH RAI, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner; learned counsel for the respondent no.4 and learned AGA for State respondents. 2. The present writ petition has been preferred with the prayer to quash the FIR dated 14.08.2025 in case crime no.1031 of 2025, under Section 135 of Electricity Act (Amendment), 2023, Police Station Anti Power Theft Thana Fatehgarh, District Farrukhabad and for a direction to the respondents not to arrest the petitioner in pursuance of impugned First Information Report 3. The petitioner has been implicated under section 135 of Electricity Act which is compoundable offence. 4. The petition is disposed of directing that in case the petitioner applies for compounding of the offence alleged before the court below within period of one month from today, he shall not be arrested for a period of six months or till the conclusion of compounding proceedings before the court below, whichever is earlier. September 26, 2025 Asha Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Abhilasha, Mujiburrahman Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A. (Santosh Rai,J.) (Siddharth,J.) Shahnawaz Khan .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) Digitally signed by :- ASHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad