IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.7912 of 2010 GANESH MAHTON Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 03 08.04.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the Electricity Board. The legal ground taken in this application questions the jurisdiction of the Police to lodge an F.I.R. for offence under section 135 of the Electricity Act. by urging that it can be done only on a complaint case. Learned counsel for the Board points out that by insertion of Section 151 (a), the Police has also been power to investigate under the Code of Criminal Procedure by amendment with effect from 15.6.2007 vide Amendment Act 26 of 2007. The present F.I.R. is dated 17.11.2008. The application is dismissed. P.K. (Navin Sinha, J.)