Supreme Court of India
Vishal Agrawal & Anr. v. Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board & Anr.
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What the Court ordered
We hold that the decisions of Kerala High Court as well as Calcutta High Court and Madras High Court in Chacko, A.K. & Anr.
Judgment, page 27
From the headnote
ELECTRIC/TY ACT, 2003: s. 151rlw ss.1351126 of the Act and r.12 of Electricity c Rules, 2005 - Theft of electricity - Officers authorized to file complaint - Cognizance of offences - Plea that Assistant Engineer had no authority to make a written complaint - Held: - Amendment to s.151 is clarificatory in nature - Further, notwithstanding the provisions of s. 151 of the Act, an FIR o could be filed with the police - Even when a Magistrate is to take cognizance on a complaint filed before him, that would not mean that no other avenue is opened and complaint/FIR cannot be lodged with the police
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