I N THE HI GH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAI NI TAL THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ASHISH NAITHANI

6^th June, 2025 CRI MI NAL MI SCELLANEOUS APPLI CATI ON NO. 1927 of 2021 Rajpal Singh …Applicant Versus State of Uttarakhand and Another …Respondents Counsel for the Applicant : Mr. G.D Joshi, Advocate.

Counsel for the State : Mr. V.S. Rawat, A.G.A.

Hon’ble Ashish Naithani, J.

The present Criminal Miscellaneous Application under Section 482 CrPC has been filed by the Applicant for quashing the charge sheet dated 26.12.2019, submitted under Section 135 of the Electricity Act, the summoning order dated 06.07.2021 passed by the learned District and Sessions Judge, Haridwar, and the entire criminal proceedings arising therefrom in Special Sessions Trial No. 252 of 2021 titled “State v. Rajpal.”

2. The Applicant claims to be an agriculturist and permanent resident of Village Dharmupur, District Haridwar, and alleges that he was falsely implicated in the present matter as a consequence of a prior complaint made by him against a lineman of the Power Corporation. It is stated that the Applicant owns agricultural land on both sides of a local road and uses a private tubewell connection for irrigation. When th