1appa-705-10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION No. 705/2010 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL (Stamp) No. 427 /2010 Puthkode Subramanian Ramalingam .. Applicant versus The State of Maharashtra and Anr .. Respondents. Mr Sachin Chandan, for the Applicant/Appellant. Ms A.S. Pai, Additional Public Prosecutor for the Respondent-State. CORAM:- D.D. SINHA AND A.R. JOSHI, JJ. DATE :- September 13th, 2010. P.C.:- 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant/appellant and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. 2. The Registry has calculated that the delay in filing the appeal was of 122 days. 3. Considered the contentions canvassed by the learned counsel for L 2appa-705-10 the applicant. Perusal of the application shows that the applicant has not shown any good ground for inordinate delay caused in filing the appeal, except that the applicant has gone to his village for some unavoidable circumstance. 4. We want to express that it is the duty of the litigant to explain the reasons for delay, and unless and until sufficient cause is shown inordinate delay should not be condoned. It is equally true that the matters are required to be decided only on merits and in the normal course should not be dismissed only on the ground of delay. However, if the delay is inordinate, without legitimate cause and unjustified, there is no reason to condone such an inordinate delay, which is caused without any justification. In the circumstances, criminal application is dismissed and the appeal is also disposed of. (D.D.SINHA, J) (A.R.JOSHI, J) L