Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:91513-DB Court No. - 43 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 11076 of 2025 Petitioner :- Anvar Khan @ Anvar Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Tarun Jha Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Vivek Kumar Birla,J. Hon'ble Jitendra Kumar Sinha,J. 1. Heard Sri Tarun Jha, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned AGA for the State-respondents and Sri Baleshwar Chaturvedi, learned counsel for the respondent no. 4. 2. This writ petition has been filed praying to quash the first information report dated 30.07.2024, registered as Case Crime No. 0738 of 2024, under sections 135 of the Electricity (Amendment) Act, 2003, Police Station: Anti Power Theft, District Jalaun. 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 :- 28.5.2025 RKM Digitally signed by :- RAJESH KUMAR MAURYA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad