((-1-)) mst IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.460 OF 2008 IN CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.2730 OF 2008 The State of Maharashtra Applicant versus Prakash Trimbakrao Sulekar Respondent J.P.Yagnik, APP for State. V.V.Purwant for respondent. CORAM : A.S.OKA, J. DATE : 12th March 2009 PC : 1. Heard learned APP for the State and learned advocate for the respondent. First paragraph of order dated 10th February 2009 reads thus :- ". Heard learned A.P.P. for the State and learned advocate for the respondent. The prayer for condonation of delay is of 393 days. The averments made in the application disclose that the impugned judgement and order was passed on 21st March 2007 but the application for certified copy of the order was made on 04th April 2008. For this delay there is absolutely no explanation in the application. It is also not clear from the application as to when a proposal for preferring an appeal was submitted by the concerned Public Prosecutor." 2. Only by way of indulgence, time was granted ((-2-)) to the APP to file additional affidavit to explain the delay. Accordingly, affidavit of Mr.P.H.Patel, Additional Public Prosecutor and Assistant Government Pleader, Palghar has been filed. 3. This Court has already observed in the order dated 10th February 2009 that though the impugned order was passed on 21st March 2007, an application for certified copy was made on 4th April 2008 and this gross delay is not at all explained. 4. The affidavit of Mr.Patel filed in this Court pursuant to the liberty granted to the applicant contains no explanation for this delay of more than one year. The only explanation offered by him is that the application for certified copy was made when officers of Anti Corruption Bureau came to him. In view of the fact that no explanation has been given for the delay of one year in applying for the certified copy of the impugned order, no case is made out for condonation of delay. The application is rejected. (A.S.OKA, J.)