Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:30813-DB Court No. - 43 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 3318 of 2025 Petitioner :- Seema Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Krishna Pratap Yadav Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.,Pranjal Mehrotra Hon'ble Vivek Kumar Birla,J. Hon'ble Mohd. Azhar Husain Idrisi,J. 1. Heard Sri Krishna Pratap Yadav, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned AGA for the State-respondents and Sri Ashish Kumar Gupta, Advocate holding brief of Sri Pranjal Mehrotra, who has accepted notice on behalf of the respondent no. 4. 2. This writ petition has been filed praying to quash the first information report dated 5.2.2025, registered as Case Crime No. 347 of 2025, under sections 137 of the Indian Electricity Act (Amendment), 2003, Police Station: Anti Power Theft, Sambhal, District Sambhal. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner will apply for compounding before the competent authority as per the provisions of section 152 of the Indian Electricity Act, 2003. 4. Learned counsel for the respondents states 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. 5. In view of the aforesaid and without expressing any opinion on merits of the petitioner, this writ petition is disposed of giving 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. 6. For a period of three weeks from today, no coercive action shall be taken against the petitioner. Order Date :- 3.3.2025/M. Tarik Digitally signed by :- MOHD TARIK High Court of Judicature at Allahabad