Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No 44813 of 2012 ====================================================== Rajesh Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HON’BLE MR JUSTICE NAVANITI PRASAD SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 18-12-2012 The petitioner apprehends arrest in relation to Tajpur Pusa Police Station Case No 294 of 2010 for an offence under Section 135 and other sections of the Electricity Act read with [STATUTE] for allegedly having been found using electricity unauthorisedly. In the first information report, in so far as petitioner is concerned, it is mentioned that he was using 8 kilo watt unauthorized connection causing a loss of about Rs 2.24 lacs to the Board. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that he is ready to compound the offence as provided under Section 152 of the Electricity Act and pay the necessary compounding fee which, in the present case, would come to Rs 10,000/- only. In this connection, he relies on a judgment of this Court in Mosmat Swaran @ Swaran Manraw –Versus- State of Bihar and Another since reported in 2012 (2) PLJR 229. Having considered the matter, I direct that if Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.44813 of 2012 (2) dt.18-12-2012 2 the petitioner deposits compounding fee, as envisaged under Section 152 of the electricity Act, amounting to Rs 10,000/-, the trial Court would pass appropriate orders accordingly. For a period of 30 days from today, the petitioner shall not be arrested in Tajpur Pusa Police Station Case No 294 of 2010 pending before Chief Judicial Magistrate, Samastipur. Let the order of this Court be communicated to the trial Court by FAX at the cost of petitioner. M.E.H./- (Navaniti Prasad Singh)

Applicable IPC Section: 379

Statute Text:
Section 379 of the Indian Penal Code. Theft. Whoever commits theft shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.