Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 795 · Decided 23 July 2019
Sri A.M.C.S. Swamy ADE/DPE/HYD (Central) v. Mehdi Agah Karbalai & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 795 · [2019] 9 S.C.R. 695
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1102/2019
- Decided
- 23 July 2019
- Bench
- R. BANUMATHI, R. SUBHASH REDDY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 482, 193; Electricity Act Section 151, 153
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.482 - Quashing of criminal proceedings against respondent no.1 under the Electricity Act - The Electricity Department inspected the premises of consumer- respondent no.1 and found meter tampered - The said meter was replaced with another meter for examination which on examination was found to be tampered - Loss assessed at Rs.6.28 lacs - Case of appellant that offence committed by respondent no.1 was second offence and the first offence registered against respondent no.1 was compounded - Complaint registered under
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