Raj Kumar v. State of U.P. and 3 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
The court allowed an exemption application quashing an FIR under Section 135 of the Indian Electricity Act, 2003, given the offence's compoundable nature. The court directed the appropriate authority to decide on compounding within two months and restrained coercive action pending that decision.
What did the court decide?
Exemption application allowed implicating quashing of FIR; direction to appropriate authority to decide compounding application within two months; no coercive action till disposal.