(1.) On June 7, 2005 at around 12 noon the opposite party No. 2 herein Pradip Kumar Chatterjee, Assistant Engineer (E), S & L. P. Unit, Hooghly (D) Circle, W. B. S. E. B. Taldanga, Chinsurah being accompanied by other officers of W.B.S.E.B. had been to the business promises of the petitioner where the petitioner, was found running a husking mill by drawing electricity supplied by the W. B. S. E. B. through the service connection No, _'- 58, against his Consumer No. 1240417. When upon inspection of his service connection installed at the aforesaid premises, in presence of the local independent witnesses and the representatives of the consumer theft of electricity by dishonestly tampering Metre and interference with the supply line was detected.
(2.) The details of tampering detected by W.B.S.E.B. Officers are as follows;
(3.) Following the discovery of the aforesaid theft of electricity by tampering the Electric Metre the opposite party No. 2 herein made a complaint in writing to the Officer-in-Charge, Gurap Police Station, Gurap, Hooghly, on the self-same day immediately after the inspection was over.