* 1 * W.P.2391.2011 18.11.2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 2391 OF 2011 Mohd. Shahid Shaikh .... Petitioner V/s. The State of Maharashtra through MSEDCL Police Station, Kalyan ..... Respondent Ms. Zuleka Sayyed, Advocate for the petitioner. Mrs. G.P. Mulekar, APP for State-respondent. CORAM :- Smt. R.P. SondurBaldota, J. 18th November, 2011. P.C. :- 1. The petitioner herein is the accused in Special Case No. 15 of 2010 filed under Section 135 of the Electricity Act which is pending before the Sessions Court, Vasai, Thane. He has filed the present petition for quashing of those proceedings. The applicant is an occupant of Gala no.1, Balaji Industrial Estate, Golani, Taluka-Vasai, District-Thane. He is alleged to have installed fake electricity meter bearing serial number 6156 manufactured by a Jaipur Company and has by tampering with electricity consumer number 00184088349/0 I.P. 1008 committed theft of electricity of 20,650 units of the value of Rs.1,36,680/-. The applicant claims that he had infact taken the * 2 * W.P.2391.2011 18.11.2011 electricity connection from one, Hanif who is not made an accused in the proceedings. Since the applicant has admittedly taken unauthorised connection of electricity which amounts to theft of electricity, prima-facie the offence alleged against the petitioner is made out in the complaint. Hence, I find no substance in the petition. The petition is dismissed. [SMT. R.P. SONDURBALDOTA, J]