-1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NOS. 1258 AND 1268 OF 2010 IN APPEAL NO.643 OF 1990 Meherunissa Javed Shaikh ... Applicant vs. State of Maharashtra ...Respondent Ms. Rebecca Gonsalves for the applicant. Mrs. V.R. Bhosale, APP, for the State. CORAM: P.B. MAJMUDAR & ANOOP V. MOHTA, JJ. DATE: OCTOBER 22, 2010. P.C. Heard the learned counsel for the applicant and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. 2. The applicant has taken out Application No. 1268 of 2010 for condoning the delay of seven years and thirty one days in filling the application for restoration being Application No. 1258 of 2010. Since the main appeal has been dismissed, the above applications have been taken out by the applicant. Even though the matter was dismissed for default in 2003, the accused was arrested only in 2008. Since she was in custody, she could not take immediate steps for filing restoration application. -2- 3. Considering the grounds mentioned in the application, we condone the delay and restore the Appeal on record with its original number. Both the applications are accordingly allowed. Appeal No. 643 of 1990 be listed for hearing as per its seniority. The learned counsel appearing for the applicant has assured that she would be appearing in Criminal Appeal No. 643 of 1990 and file her vakalatnama in Appeal within a short time. The said statement is recorded. P. B. MAJMUDAR, J. ANOOP V. MOHTA, J.