IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr. Misc. No.18904 of 2009 Rama Kant Singh, son of Late Ram Khelawan Singh, resident of 101, Lotus Apartment, New Patliputra, P.S.-Patliputra, District- Patna …Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar & 2. Braj Kishore Prasad Singh, the Assistant Electrical Engineer, Electricity Supply Sub-Division, Patliputra, P.S.-Patliputra, District- Patna, permanent resident of village-Ajijpur, P.S. Saraiya, District- Muzaffarpur …Opposite Parties ----------- 2/ 27.06.2011 Heard the parties. The petitioner has sought quashing of the order dated 11.12.2006 passed in Patliputra P.S. Case No.200 of 2005 by which the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna, has taken cognizance under section 135 of the Electricity Act against the petitioner. It has been contended on behalf of the petitioner that the entire amount mentioned in the First Information Report has already been paid to the informant and there is no justification for continuance of the proceeding. On the other hand, counsel for the Bihar State Electricity Board submits that as per the decision of the Compounding Board the petitioner has to deposit an additional amount of rupees twelve thousand in favour of the Bihar State Electricity Board and only then he can be exonerated from the prosecution. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he is ready to deposit this amount so that there is no further prosecution. In view of the categorical statement, if the petitioner deposits the sum of rupees twelve thousand before the concerned authority and produces the certificate in this regard before the court 2 below, further proceedings in Patliputra P.S. Case No.200 of 2005 pending in the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna, as against the petitioner shall stand quashed. With the aforesaid observation/direction, the application stands disposed of. JA/- (Anjana Prakash,J.)