law: Electricity Act, 2003 
  151. Cognizance of
  
  offences.- 
  
  No court shall take
  
  congnizance of an offence punishable under this Act except upon a complaint in
  
  writing made by Appropriate Government or Appropriate Commission or any of
  
  their officer authorised by them or a Chief Electrical Inspector or an
  
  Electrical Inspector or licensee or the generating company, as the case may be,
  
  for this purpose.
  Provided
  
  that  
  
  the court may also take cognizance of an offence punishable under this Act upon
  
  a report of a police officer filed under section 173 of the Code of Criminal
  
  Procedure, 1973:
  Provided
  
  further that  
  
  a special court constituted under section 153 shall be competent to take
  
  cognizance of an offence without the accused being committed to it for trial.