https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303554 Section 482 CrPC may be used to quash a criminal charge to prevent abuse of process and secure justice, even though a second revision is barred under Section 397(3), where the record discloses a glaring illegality. On the facts, the inspection material showed the tenant in occupation, not the registered consumer, was found abstracting electricity through the connection standing in the consumer's name. Because liability under the Electricity Act attaches to the person who dishonestly abstracts, consumes or uses energy, mere registration of the connection was insufficient without material linking the petitioner to the offending meter or abstraction. The charge for theft of energy was therefore held unsustainable and liable to be quashed. en-us Fri, 20 Aug 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 29 Jul 2022 18:30:59 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303554 Section 482 CrPC may be used to quash a criminal charge to prevent abuse of process and secure justice, even though a second revision is barred under Section 397(3), where the record discloses a glaring illegality. On the facts, the inspection material showed the tenant in occupation, not the registered consumer, was found abstracting electricity through the connection standing in the consumer's name. Because liability under the Electricity Act attaches to the person who dishonestly abstracts, consumes or uses energy, mere registration of the connection was insufficient without material linking the petitioner to the offending meter or abstraction. The charge for theft of energy was therefore held unsustainable and liable to be quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 20 Aug 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303554