ORDER

A.K. Sikri, J. - Leave granted.

2. On July 27, 2018, this Court issued notice limited to the question as to whether the charge under Section 354 IPC could have been framed. We have heard the counsel for the parties on this limited aspect and proceed to decide the same.

3. The brief factual matrix which needs to be noticed is that the appellant was a tenant under respondent No.3 and was residing in that capacity on the first floor of the tenanted premises i.e. Y-25, Hauz Khas, New Delhi. He was inducted as tenant on August 01, 1985. In January, 2005, respondent No.3 initiated eviction proceedings against him under Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958. According to the appellant, with the filing of the said petition, respondent No.3 also disconnected water supply provided to the appellant which forced the appellant to install the shift plastic water tank at his premises in order to receive water from private contractors. He further claims that the Rent Control Tribunal had directed Delhi Jal Board to provide a temporary water connection in the first floor premises of the appellant at the cost of the appellant. Pursuant to the said order, Delhi Jal Board sanctioned a new water connectio