Neu -Delhi: The Supreme Court of Allahabad has instructed the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation LTD (UPPCCL) to restore the range of electricity in the house of the Samajwadi party (SP) Lok Sabha member of Sambhal, Zia Ur Rehman Barq.A division bank from Justices Saumitra Dayal Singh and Sandeep Jain specified the order of a written petition of Barq in the case of electricity theft. It was also described as “arbitrary”, the RS 1.91 Crore for the SP leader for allegations of electricity theft.“The submission consists in the fact that the authorities surveyed, even if the inspection report and the negative facts allegedly recognized in it, assessed for a period of 12 years,” said the court in its order on June 4.“The maximum time for which the evaluation could have been made could not exceed a year. By violating the statutory evaluation period, a completely unnatural and arbitrary demand of 1 billion rupees and 91 LAKHS increased.However, the bank asked Barq to submit a permissible amount from RS. 6 Lakhs to maintain his attraction and give him for two weeks. Through his lawyer, he made him ready to submit the money.The court then granted UPCL three weeks to submit its answer in the matter and found the next hearing for July 2.In December 2024, the Barq electricity department imposed the punishment after an inspection in his apartment in Sambhals Deepa Sarai area, where officials allegedly discovered electricity theft. Regardless of this, the politician in November last year will be suspended for charges for violence in Sambhal in protests in connection with a judicial survey by Shahi Jama Masjid.
“Electricity theft” case: Allahabad HC Orders Power supply restoration in the House of Sambhal MP Barq; Calls his RS 1.91 crore fine 'arbitrary' | India News
