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2025 DAILYLAW 104302 (ALL)

SHASHI NATH PANDEY v. STATE OF U.P. AND 2 OTHERS

CRLP/23054/2025 · 2025-10-09

Prashant Mishra I, Siddharth

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 23054 of 2025 Court No. - 46 HON'BLE SIDDHARTH, J. HON'BLE PRASHANT MISHRA-I, J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner; Sri Nitesh Patel, Advocate, holding brief of Sri Udit Chandra, learned counsel for the respondent no.3 and learned AGA for State respondents. The present writ petition has been preferred with the prayer to quash the FIR dated 16.5.2025 in Case Crime No. 706 of 2025, under Section 135 of Electricity Act, Police Station Anti Power Theft, District Varanasi, for a direction to the respondents compound the case of the petitioner in pursuance of impugned First Information Report. The petitioner has been implicated under section 135 of Electricity Act which is compoundable offence. 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. October 10, 2025 Ruchi Agrahari Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Anant Prakash Mishra, Suneel Kumar Mishra Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A. (Prashant Mishra-I,J.) (Siddharth,J.) Shashi Nath Pandey .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) Digitally signed by :- RUCHI AGRAHARI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- RUCHI AGRAHARI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad