Court No. - 43 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 16280 of 2025 Petitioner :- Shyam Manohar Gupta Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Piyush Kumar Shukla Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.,Jai Krishna Upadhyay Hon'ble Siddhartha Varma,J. Hon'ble Abdul Shahid,J. 1. Heard Sri Piyush Kumar Shukla, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Gaurav Pratap holding brief of Sri Jai Krishna Upadhyay, learned counsel for Electricity Department and learned A.G.A. for State. 2. This writ petition has been preferred for quashing the F.I.R. dated 29.6.2025 being Case Crime No. 1821 of 2025, under Sections 135 and 150 of Indian Electricity (Amendment) Act, 2003, Police Station-Anti Power Theft Thana, Jhansi, District Anti Power Theft. 3. Contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that offence as stated in the F.I.R. is compoundable and the petitioner is ready to apply for compounding of the offence compounded for which the F.I.R. has been lodged. 4. Learned counsel for electricity department also submits that if the petitioner files an application under Section 152 of the Electricity Act within a week, the same shall be decided within a period of three weeks. 5. Under such circumstances, we direct that the petitioner to file an application for compounding of the offence within a period of one week and in case the petitioner moves such an application before the appropriate forum/court, the same shall be decided within the next three weeks thereafter. 6. For a period of two months or till the decision of the application for compounding, whichever is earlier, no coercive action shall be taken against the petitioner. 7. With the aforesaid directions, the writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 12.8.2025 PK (Abdul Shahid,J.) (Siddhartha Varma,J.) Digitally signed by :- PRAVEEN KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad