Netra Pal Singh v. State & ANR.

$~91 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(CRL) 2898/2025 NETRA PAL SINGH .....Petitioner Through:

Mr. Rohit Gupta and Mr. Netra Pal Singh, Advocates along with petitioner-in-person.

versus STATE & ANR.

.....Respondents Through:

Mr. Rahul Tyagi, ASC for the State.

Mr. Sanjeet Trivedi, Advocate for R2/BSES.

CORAM:

HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA

O R D E R

% 10.09.2025 CRL.M.A. 27016/2025 (exemption) 1.

Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

2.

Application stands disposed of.

W.P.(CRL) 2898/2025 3.

By way of the present petition, the petitioner is seeking quashing of the FIR bearing no. 358/2021, registered at Police Station Daryaganj, Delhi for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 135/150 of the Indian Electricity Act, 2013.

4.

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

Petitioner and authorised representative respondent no. 2/BSES are The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

present before this Court and have been identified by Investigating Officer (IO) concerned, Police Station Daryaganj, Delhi. 6.

Brief facts of the present case are that inspection was carried out on 01.09.2021 at 02:00 P.M., by the joint team of BSES YPL at the above said premises, during the course of inspection one meter no. 70247763 reading 11311 kwh was found installed at, BSES allotted consumer single phase meter but the accused one phase meter and other 2 phase illegal used in 3 phase supply use by the accused, the two phase supply illegally connected with the copper w1res through BSES common bus bar through FP RCCB 63 amp MCB for direct theft of supply and the total connected load was found 35.358 KW/NX/DT (Non Domestic) as alleged. Thereafter, the present FIR was registered against the petitioner herein under the relevant sections. 7.

On a query made by this Court, authorised representative appearing on behalf of the respondent no. 2/BSES, has categorically stated that he has no objection if the 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. 358/2021, registered at Police Station Daryaganj, Delhi for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 135/150 of the Indian Electricity Act, 2013 and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed.

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10.

The petition stands disposed of.

11.

The order be uploaded on the website forthwith. DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J SEPTEMBER 10, 2025/zp The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.