Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:52613-DB Court No. - 42 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 6737 of 2025 Petitioner :- Rekha Respondent :- State Of Uttar Pradesh 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Jitendra Singh,Sonam Singh,Yuvaraj Singh Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J. Hon'ble Prashant Kumar,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri G.P. Singh, learned AGA-I for the State – respondent nos.1 to 3. 2. This writ petition has been filed praying to quash the first information report dated 01.11.2022 registered as Case Crime No.5308 of 2022 under Section 135-1 (a) of the Indian Electricity Act, 2003, Police Station - Anti Power Theft, District - Ghaziabad. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner fairly 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 A.G.A-I 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 pursuant to the impugned FIR. (Prashant Kumar, J.) (Mahesh Chandra Tripathi, J.) Order Date :- 10.4.2025 RKP Digitally signed by :- RAKESH KUMAR PATEL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad