Showing leniency to convict on grounds of his young age, Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) S K Gupta sentenced West Delhi resident Anil Kumar to detention "till rising of the court".
"The convict is a first offender. There is nothing on the record to show that he has been previously convicted for the same offence. The convict is a young offender and substantive sentence will affect him.
"The convict is ready to pay the settled amount of civil liability to the complainant..., All these facts coupled with the fact that convict is a young offender, a lenient view is taken in his favour. Hence, convict is sentenced to undergo imprisonment till rising of the court," ASJ Gupta said.
The court also held that Kumar is liable to pay Rs 1.18 lakh to BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd for the loss he has caused to discom by stealing 3,60 KWs of power.
A BSES team had inspected Kumar's premises at Mahavir Enclave in West Delhi on January 14, 2008 and he was caught stealing power by tapping the main service line of BSES.
The premises was used for commercial purposes. Shop namely M/s Jai Associates, meat shop and one hand moulding plastic factory were running in the inspected premises.
There was a total connected load of 4.150 KW i.E .220 KW of M/s Jai Associates, .330 KW for meat shop and 3.60 KW for plastic moulding factory. The plastic moulding factory was being run by accused Kumar. (More)
