Supreme Court · 1983 INSC 67 · Decided 11 May 1983
State of Karnataka v. Adimurthy Alias B. Moorthy
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1983 INSC 67 · [1983] 3 S.C.R. 249
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 285/1983
- Decided
- 11 May 1983
- Bench
- A.P. SEN, E.S. VENKATARAMIAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 379; CrPC Section 248(1); Electricity Act Section 50
Headnote
Indian Electricity Act, 1910-Section 50-Scope of. Word~' and phrases-" At the instance of"-Meaning of On a routine inspection a Supervisor of the State Electricity Board· follnd that by tampering with the electric connectio~. the respondent was using switches, lights and.fans Engineer lie lodged a report again.st the respondent with the police alleging theft of electricity by him. The trying Magistrate acquitted ·the respondent of the offence with which he was charged on the ground that section 50 of the Indian Electricity Act, 1910 did not authorise the
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