Jishan Ahmed v. The State Of NCT Of Delhi & ANR.

$~76 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 4574/2025 JISHAN AHMED .....Petitioner Through:

Petitioner with his counsel Ms.Deepti Dash, Adv.

versus THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR.

.....Respondents Through:

Mr. Rajkumar, APP for the State.

Mr. Moksh Arora and Mr. Santosh Ramdurg, Advs. for R-2.

CORAM:

HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA

O R D E R

% 14.07.2025 CRL.M.A. 19901/2025 & CRL.M.A. 19902/2025 (exemption) 1.

Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

2.

Applications stand disposed of.

CRL.M.C. 4574/2025 3.

By way of the present petition, the petitioner seeks quashing of the FIR bearing No. 763/2022, registered at Police Station, Jafrabad, Delhi, for the offences punishable under Section 135 of the Electricity Act, 2003. 4.

Issue notice. The learned APP accepts notice on behalf of the State. 5.

The petitioner is present before this Court and has been identified by his counsel and Investigating Officer (IO) concerned, Police Station, Jafrabad, Delhi.

6.

Brief facts of the case are that present case of electricity theft was The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 16/07/2025 at 12:33:50

booked against the petitioner and one theft bill had been assessed by respondent no. 2 against the petitioner for an amount of Rs 16,31,180/-on the basis of inspection dated 06.12.2022. The officials of respondent no. 2 had lodged a complaint, which resulted into registration of the present FIR. It is stated that the parties have now amicably settled their dispute before the Lok Adalat vide Award dated 09.11.2024.

7.

On a query made by this Court, the learned counsel appearing respondent no. 2 states that the matter has been amicably settled between the parties and in terms of the settlement, the entire amount due has been received by respondent no. 2. Therefore, he has no objection if the present FIR is quashed.

8.

In view of the above, that the parties have amicably resolved their differences of their own free will, and without any coercion, no useful purpose will be served by continuing the proceedings, rather the same would create further acrimony between them. It would thus be in interest of justice to quash the abovementioned FIR and the proceedings pursuant thereto. There is no legal impediment in quashing the FIR in question. 9.

Accordingly, FIR bearing No. 763/2022, registered at Police Station, Jafrabad, Delhi, for the offences punishable under Section 135 of the Electricity Act, 2003 and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed.

10.

The order be uploaded on the website forthwith. DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J JULY 14, 2025/A The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 16/07/2025 at 12:33:50