New Delhi April 28 (IANS) Listing the heavy punishments handed out by special electricity courts in Delhi for power thefts BSES one of the capital s two distribution companies (discoms) on Friday said two offenders have been sent to jail and fines imposed totalling over Rs 30 lakh.
In separate cases six individuals including owners of a tailoring shop a construction firm and two proclaimed offenders were sent to jail by Special Courts of Electricity Saket and Karkardooma a BSES release here said.
Cumulatively they have also been penalised (fine + civil liability) over Rs 30 lakh it added.
According to the discom among the convicted are the owner of a tailoring shop who has been sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for three months and fined Rs 11.3 lakh as well as the owners of a de-silting firm. They have been awarded rigorous imprisonment for three months and penalty of Rs 13.2 lakh.
Three persons in Central Delhi including a resident of DDA flats have been sent to Tihar Jail for power theft a BSES spokesperson said.
Earlier this year BSES had announced the sentencing of an offender to one year of jail and a fine of over Rs 25 lakh.
Last year special courts in four separate judgments had sentenced Delhi residents to rigorous imprisonment for power theft and imposed heavy fines.
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Delhi residents get jail, Rs 30 lakh fine for power thefts
