AWDHESH KUMAR MISHRA v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO. AND ANOTHER
A482/8593/2025 · 2025-10-08
Manoj Bajaj
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 8593 of 2025 Court No. - 29 HON'BLE MANOJ BAJAJ, J.
1. Applicants being accused have approached this Court through this application under Section 482 Code of Criminal Procedure seeking quashing of charge sheet dated 09.09.2015 filed under Section 173(2) Cr.P.C. in Case Crime No. 77 of 2015, under Sections 135 of Electricity Act (Amended) 2003, Police Station Krishna Nagar, District Lucknow as well as other consequential orders and the proceedings arising therefrom, on the sole ground that the applicants by depositing the required amount with electricity department have compounded the offence.
2. Concededly the prayer for compounding the offence in terms of statutory provisions can be moved before the trial Court, but in this regard no such application has been filed before the Trial Court, therefore, the prayer made through this petition under Section 482 is not being entertained.
3. Accordingly, the case is dismissed.
4. It shall be open for the applicant to avail the statutory remedy before the trial Court. October 8, 2025 Anurag Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Mohit Mishra Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Amit Kumar Dwivedi (Manoj Bajaj,J.) Awdhesh Kumar Mishra .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) Digitally signed by :- ANURAG SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench