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IRFAN INDUSTRIES (PVT) LTD versus DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT POLICE

Electricity Act 1910 Section 39 Constitution of Pakistan (1973), Article 199 Constitutional application A criminal case was registered against the applicant / consumer on charges of theft of electricity. Since the criminal case filed against the applicant / user was thoroughly investigated by the Section HO and the Deputy Superintendent of Police and has been acquitted on the charge of theft charged against them. The respondents' authority was that the applicant / user acknowledged the contents of the report prepared by the respondent. After checking the applicant / user's electric meter and that he agreed to pay the tracking bill. At the request of the applicant / user, it was disclosed in four episodes that he could pay the disclosure bill and that the applicant / user who submitted an installment could not withdraw the case from the respondents' officers. Is. And oral evidence, senior police officials were being contacted for re-investigation and even if the applicant / user was found guilty of criminal liability, civil liability stands against it, the respondents merely speculating. Was assessed only on factors such as Sunday and Gazette vacations, 24 hours load-shedding and other risks and the possibility of running the applicants / user's mill at the time of the actual power consumption assessment was not considered by the respondent's authorities. Confessed that the petitioner / user had never committed theft in the past and was paying electricity bills. It was in view of the facts and circumstances admitted at the time, that the High Court according to justice and justice found that the petition law firms from Havelian lawyer