IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL DELAY CONDONATION APPLICATION NO. NIL/01 IN GOVERNMENT APPEAL NO. 2087 of 2001 State of Uttaranchal …Appellant Versus Khan S/o…………………. R/o Vilalge Hoshiyari Mandir Mauza Raiwala P.S. Raiwala, Distt. Dehradun …Respondent Dated: May 03, 2007 Sri M.A. Khan, learned brief holder for the State HON. DHARAM VEER, J. This appeal has been preferred against the judgment and order dated 11.01.2001 passed by Additional Sessions Judge, Dehradun in S.T. No.92 of 1999, State Vs. Naseem Khan. 2. Sri M.A. Khan, brief holder appearing on behalf of the State submitted that in para 4 of the short counter affidavit filed by the state, it has been stated that the respondent has left the village since last ten years and there is no information about his residing. For this, a certificate from the Gram Pradhan has also been filed i.e. Annexure SCA-1. For this reason, learned brief holder for the State submitted that he does not want to press the delay condonation application. 3. I have also perused the delay condonation application supported by an affidavit. There is about 8 months delay in filing the present appeal. The delay has not satisfactorily been explained by sufficient cause in the affidavit filed along with the application. Hence, the delay condonation application is dismissed. 4. Consequently, the special leave to appeal and appeal also stands dismissed. (Dharam Veer, J.) Rajeev Dang