Section 152 of EA 2003, Electricity Act : Section 152: Compounding Of Offences

Explanation using Example

Imagine a scenario where a business owner, Mr. Sharma, operates a textile manufacturing unit and has been found to have illegally tapped into the electrical grid to power his machinery, thereby committing theft of electricity. The state electricity board discovers the theft and calculates that the stolen electricity amounts to a substantial additional load of 15 KW that was not metered or billed.

Under Section 152 of The Electricity Act, 2003, instead of pursuing a criminal case, the appropriate government authority offers Mr. Sharma th...

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