Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:1527-DB Court No. - 10 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 75 of 2025 Petitioner :- Gaurav Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- O.P. Tiwari Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Vivek Chaudhary,J. Hon'ble Om Prakash Shukla,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.G.A. for the State and Sri Amit Kumar Dubey, learned counsel for private respondent No.3. Instant writ petition has been filed seeking a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the impugned First Information Report dated 27.06.2024, registered as Case Crime No.0356 of 2024, under Section 135-1(a) of Indian Electricity (Amended) Act , 2003, Police Station Anti Power Theft Thana Unnao District - Anti Power Theft. After arguments were heard at some length, learned counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner shall apply for compounding before the competent authority as per the provisions of Section 152 of the Indian Electricity Act, 2003. Learned counsel for the respondents state that if the petitioner applies for compounding within two weeks from today, his application for compounding shall be considered in accordance with law and appropriate order shall be passed thereon. In view of the above and, without expressing any opinion on merits of the petition, this writ petition is disposed of with the liberty to the petitioner to apply for compounding before the competent authority, in accordance with law, within two weeks from today along with a copy of this order and in the event a compounding application is filed by the petitioner, the same shall be considered and decided by the competent authority in accordance with law within next one week. For a period of three weeks from today, no coercive action shall be taken against the petitioner in pursuance of the impugned FIR. Order Date :- 9.1.2025 Reena/- (Om Prakash Shukla,J.) (Vivek Chaudhary,J.) Digitally signed by :- REENA KANNAUJIYA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench