Dakshinanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limtited v. State of U.P. and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Electricity theft — Section 135 Electricity Act, 2003 — hooking/kutiya on LT line — one HP grass cutter machine — acquittal for want of seizure memo, videography, photographs, original checking report and independent eyewitnesses — PW admissions of no recovery — appeal against acquittal under Section 413 BNSS — deference to trial court findings — no interference absent strong and compelling reasons — appeal dismissed — Allahabad High Court — Special Judge (E.C. Act)/Additional Sessions Judge, Agra — P.S. Dauki — FIR Case Crime No. 454 of 2018 — Junior Engineer Santosh Soni — Dakshinanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited.
What did the court decide?
None; the appeal was dismissed and the acquittal of respondent no. 2 by the trial court stands. ¶8