Recently, the Supreme Court bench of Justice Rohinton Nariman and Justice Navin Sinha, setting aside a judgment dated March 30, 2017 of the Bombay High Court, held that the offence of ‘interference with meters or works of licensee’ under section 138 of the Electricity Act of 2003 also relates to the theft of electricity and hence, is compoundable under section 152 of the Act.In the...