Surjeet v. Ndpl & Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Appeals against an order compounding offence under Section 135 of the Indian Electricity Act were disposed of in favour of appellants. The court acquitted the appellants, compounded the offence, and ordered release of deposited amounts.
What did the court decide?
Offence compounded and appellants acquitted; 28,00,000 released to respondent, balance with interest released to appellants.
What the court decided
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arrived at between them, respondent no. 1 has no objection in case offence is permitted to be compounded. Accordingly, offence under Section 135 of the Indian Electricity Act is compounded and appellants are acquitted. Out of the amount lying deposited in this Court, ^28,00,000/- be released to the respondent no. 1 by the Registry and rest of the amount together with interest accrued thereon, if any, be released to the appellants in equal proportion. i
Both the above appeals are disposed of in the above terms. Miscellaneous applications are disposed of as infructuous. Dasti.
a.k.t»athak, j.
MAY 11, 2018
r. bararia
i
Issues for consideration
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the offence under Section 135 of the Indian Electricity Act is sustainable and permissible to be compounded.
Parties & counsel
- appellant
Appellants
- respondent
Respondent No. 1
Coram
a.k.t aathak
Case details
As recorded by the court registry
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