Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:33474-DB Court No. - 42 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 4358 of 2025 Petitioner :- Ramraj Chauhan Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Antima Rajbhar,Hari Prakash Tiwari Counsel for Respondent :- Chetan Chatterjee,G.A. Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J. Hon'ble Prashant Kumar,J. 1. Heard Ms. Antima Rajbhar, learned counsel for the petitioner, Shri Kavyendra Dwivedi holding brief of Shri Chetan Chatterjee, learned counsel for the respondent no. 3 and learned AGA for the State- respondents. 2. This writ petition has been filed praying to quash the first information report dated 20.09.2024 registered as Case Crime No. 1435 of 2024, under section 135 of the Indian Electricity Act, 2003, Police Station - Anti Power Theft, District - Azamgarh. 3. 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. 4. Learned counsel for the respondent no. 3 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, no coercive action shall be taken against the petitioner. (Prashant Kumar,J.) (Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J.) Order Date :- 7.3.2025 A.K.Srivastava Digitally signed by :- ARUN KUMAR SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad