IN IN IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL CRIMINAL CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT WRIT WRIT PETITION NO. 171 OF 2008 PETITION NO. 171 OF 2008 PETITION NO. 171 OF 2008 Manikchand Hiralal Gupta ... ... Petitioner Vs. The State of Maharashtra ... ... Respondents & Ors. Mr. Manish Bohra i/b Mr. Rishi Bhuta for Petitioner. Mrs. P.H. Kantharia, APP for the Respondents. CORAM CORAM CORAM : BILAL NAZKI & A.A. SAYED, JJ. : BILAL NAZKI & A.A. SAYED, JJ. : BILAL NAZKI & A.A. SAYED, JJ. DATE DATE DATE : 16TH FEBRUARY, 2008 : 16TH FEBRUARY, 2008 : 16TH FEBRUARY, 2008 P.C. P.C. P.C. : : :- 1) The case of Petitioner is that in L.A.C. No. 10 of 2007 registered by MIDC Police Station F.I.R. should be quashed. This discloses offence under Section 135 of the Electricity Act. 2) Learned Counsel for the Petitioner submits that it is an offence which is compoundable and the complainant have already agreed to compound the offence. Therefore, the F.I.R. should be quashed. Learned Public Prosecutor submits that charge-sheet has been already filed and the complainant is ready to compound the matter who will appear before Trial Court and get appropriate orders passed. Learned Counsel for the respondent 2 No. 3 is present in the Court, who has also submitted that they have already received compounding charges and there is no difficulty in compounding the case and as such they may appear before the Court and make appropriate submissions and the Trial Court shall pass appropriate orders. 3) With this direction, petition is disposed of. ( BILAL NAZKI, J.) BILAL NAZKI, J.) BILAL NAZKI, J.) ( A.A. SAYED, J.) A.A. SAYED, J.) A.A. SAYED, J.)