1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, AURANGABAD BENCH, AURANGABAD CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 4545 OF 2009 IN FIRST APPEAL ST. NO. 6370 OF 2009 The State of Maharashtra & anr. ...Applicants VERSUS Ramesh Digambar Potdar ...Respondent W I T H CIVIL APPLICATION NOS. 4547 OF 2009 IN FA ST. NO. 6376 OF 2009, AND 4549 OF 2009 IN FA ST. NO. 6347 OF 2009 ----- Shri P.P.More, A.G.P. for the applicants Respondents served – absent in all Civil Applications ----- CORAM : SRIHARI P. DAVARE, J. DATED : 21 st September, 2010 PER COURT : - 1 Heard learned counsel for the applicants/State. 2 2 These are the applications preferred by the applicants for condonation of delay of 269 days in filing the accompanying First Appeals. 3 For the reasons stated in the applications and after considering the submissions advanced by the learned A.G.P. for the applicants, it appears that the applicants have explained the delay satisfactorily. Moreover, it also appears that the said delay is not willful, deliberate or intentional and certainly it is not inordinate, and hence, same deserves to be condoned in the interest of justice. 4 In the result, present applications are allowed in terms of prayer clause 'B' thereof and delay of 269 days caused in filing the accompanying First Appeals stand condoned and said appeals be registered and numbered and present applications are disposed of accordingly. [SHRIHARI P. DAVARE, J.] dbm/ca4545.09 3