Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:55488-DB Court No. - 43 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 7250 of 2025 Petitioner :- Suneel Tiwari Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ashwani Kumar Pathak Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Vivek Kumar Birla,J. Hon'ble Praveen Kumar Giri,J. 1. Heard Sri Ashwani Kumar Pathak, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Pawan Kumar Mishra holding brief of Sri Shrawan Kumar Tripathi, learned counsel appearing for the respondent no. 3 and learned A.G.A. appearing for the State respondents. 2. This writ petition has been filed praying to quash the first information report dated 2.2.2023 registered as Case Crime No. 648 of 2023, under sections 135 of the Indian Electricity Act, 2003, Police Station Basti, District Basti. 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 :- 16.4.2025 Lalit Shukla Digitally signed by :- LALIT KUMAR SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad