IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.37533 of 2008 Shashank Sharma @ Shashank Kumar Sharma son of sri Prabhakar Sharma, resident of Brajkunj Apartment, Flat No. 3, Mohalla- Anandpuri, P.s. Sri Krishnapuri, District-Patna. …..petitioner. Versus 1. The State Of Bihar. 2. Mr. Shiv Shankar Prasad S/o Rajendra Prasad, Junior Electrical Engineer, Electric Supply Division, Shree Srishapuri. P.S. District-Patna. ----------- 02. 20.07.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the opposite parties. This application has been filed for quashing the order of cognizance dated 11.06.2007 on the ground that the petitioner has in accordance with allegation leveled in the First Information Report paid the entire sum to the Electricity Board. Learned counsel for the petitioner refers to Section 152 of the Electricity Act dealing with the compounding offence in accordance with the provisions of section 152 of the Electricity Act. The petitioner thereafter has to pay a sum of Rs. 4000/- for the purposes of compounding the interest. If the petitioner deposited a sum of Rs. 4,000/- as per section 152 of the Electricity Act the case against the petitioner would automatically stand quashed. This application is disposed of with the aforesaid observation. Devendra/ ( Sheema Ali Khan, J.)