Abstraction

Abstraction, the word 'abstraction' in the context of s. 39 means taking or appropriation. Energy may be dishonestly abstracted by artificial means or unauthorised devices. For instance, energy before it passes through a consumer's meter may be abstracted from the main of the electric company by an unauthorised wire connecting the main with a private terminal, the connecting wire is the artificial means for abstraction, Jagannath Singh v. B.S. Ramaswamy, AIR 1966 SC 849 (850): (1966) 1 SCR 885. (Electricity Act, 1910 s. 39)