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Power Theft:
Documents furnished by a
leading mobile company prove a clincher
- Nihal Singh Yadav, a prominent factory owner of
Dwarka sentenced to 1-year Rigorous Imprisonment
- BSES Enforcement raid detects 5.3 KW electricity
being stolen for running a steel fabrication unit; imposes a penalty of Rs
2.36 lakh
- Throughout the case, the unit’s owner disowned
the raided unit
- During the investigation, BSES came across a
mobile number
- To establish the identity of the owner of the
mobile number, the Special Court of Electricity requested the mobile
company to furnish the original customer records (application form and
supporting documents)
- Documents established the owners address -
proving beyond doubt that the accused was indeed the user of the raided
premises
- In another case,
- Earlier, BSES Enforcement team caught Bhima
stealing 29 KW of electricity – penalized Rs 8.8 L
Here is a unique
case where the owner of a factory attempted to disown his own unit when it was
caught stealing electricity. This ‘power thief’ got pinned and sent to one-year
rigorous imprisonment when the Special Court of Electricity directed his mobile
company to share his application to detect his address.
In this
one-of-its-kind case, Nihal Singh Yadav – a prominent factory owner in
In April 2005, a
BSES Enforcement team found Yadav’s Steel fabrication unit stealing 5.3 KW of
electricity from a nearby BSES LV main. No meter was found at the premises.
According to the provisions of the Indian Electricity Act, 2003, a penalty of
Rs 2.36 lakh was levied on the accused. Thereafter, a case for theft of
electricity u/s 135 of the Indian Electricity Act, 2003, was filed in the
Subsequently, the
accused was granted a conditional bail by the
During the course
of the raid, the BRPL Enforcement team had come across a mobile number.
Investigations revealed that the mobile number, infact, belonged to Yadav. To
substantiate this and to establish the identity of the owner of the mobile
number, BSES requested the
An official from
the mobile company was asked to come before the Court with original application
form / documents submitted by the ‘owner’ of the mobile number – found at the
raided premises – in order to establish the identity of the accused.
The original
application form and the supporting documents presented by the official clearly
pinned the accused to the raided premises. The accused had taken the concerned
mobile number from the company in 2003 giving the address of the ‘raided’
premises.
The vital evidence
proved beyond doubt before the Court that the premise in question was indeed
used by Nihal Singh Yadav and he was very much involved in the theft of
electricity.
Even the 4 other
witnesses- examined during the trial informed the
Based on the
above, the Hon’ble Special Court of Electricity convicted the accused and
sentenced him to undergo 1 year of Rigorous Imprisonment.
Manufacturer of ‘Wire-Works’ sent to Tihar
In another case,
Bhima - a manufacturer of ‘Wire Works’ in Shahdara’s Dilshad Colony was sent to
judicial custody for 14 days by the Special Court of Electricity, Patparganj.
Earlier in November 2007, the accused had been caught by a BSES Yamuna Power
Limited (BYPL) Enforcement team stealing 29 KW of electricity.
According to the
provisions of the Indian Electricity Act 2003, a penalty of Rs 8.5 lakh was
imposed on the accused. When the accused failed to deposit the same within the
stipulated timeframe, a case was filed by BSES in the
BSES, Delhi’s premier power distribution company, is committed to
ensuring quality and reliable electricity supply to all its consumers.
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