04.04.2014
1. This appeal is directed against the impugned judgment dated 15thDecember 2007 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Special Electricity Court in CC No. 1087/07, finding the Appellant guilty and convicting him under Section 135 of the Electricity Act 2003 („Act‟) and the order on sentence dated 17th December 2007 sentencing the accused to detention till the rising of the Court and directing him to pay a sum of Rs. 80,000 (in addition to the sum of Rs. 20,000 already paid by him as a condition for obtaining bail) as compensation to the Respondent, BSES Rajdhani Power Limited („BRPL‟), and in default, to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of six months.
2. On 21st January 2008, this Court directed that the impugned order should remain in abeyance during the pendency of the appeal. CRL.A. No.60 of 2008 Page 1 of 20
3. The case of the Respondent was that the Appellant and his wife, Amita Chauhan, lived in quarter No. 979, S-3, R.K. Puram, New Delhi (hereinafter the premises in question). From the documents placed on record, it appears