SSK/965 1 appln 4601.10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 4601 OF 2010 Pramod P. Zaveri ....Applicant Versus The State of Maharashtra & Anr. ...Respondents Mr. Ashok Bhatia i/b. Ms. Daksha Shah, advocate for the applicant. Mr. A. S. Shitole, APP for the State. CORAM : RANJIT MORE, J. DATED : 9th DECEMBER, 2011. P.C.: Heard learned counsel for the respective parties. 2. By this application, the applicant is challenging the order of the learned Metropolitan Magistrate, whereby 7 days' delay is condoned. Learned counsel for the applicant does not dispute the learned Metropolitan Magistrate's authority to condone the delay, in view of the proviso of Clause (b) Section 142 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. He further submits that there is no sufficient reason to condone the delay. Learned Magistrate in his discretion found that the reasons given by the respondent-complainant are sufficient, and therefore, I am not inclined to interfere in this discretionary order. The petition is, accordingly, dismissed. (RANJIT MORE, J.)