1 APPA.1557-2010 acd IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1557 OF 2010 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL STAMP NO. 971 OF 2010 . Madhu Rama Bhoir ..Applicant. Vs. The State of Maharashtra ..Respondent. -- Mrs. A.M.Z. Ansari i/b Mrs. Nasreen Ayubi,for the Applicant. Mrs.M.M. Deshmukh, APP for the State-Respondent. -- CORAM: B. H. MARLAPALLE & U. D. SALVI, JJ. JANUARY 12, 2011. P.C.: 1. Heard Mrs. Ansari, the learned Advocate for the Applicant, who seeks to challenge the order of conviction and sentence passed in Sessions Case No.20 of 2009 by the learned Additional Sessions Judge at Palghar on 2.2.2010, has filed the Criminal Appeal under Stamp No.971 of 2010. 2. Criminal Appeal under Stamp No.971 of 2010 has been filed belatedly and hence this application for condonation of delay. 2 APPA.1557-2010 3. As per the office note, the appeal is beyond time by 259 days and the Applicant is presently undergoing sentence. We are satisfied that the delay caused deserves to be condoned. Affidavit-in-support of the application is dispensed with. 4. Hence, the application is allowed in terms of prayer clause (a) (U. D. SALVI,J.) (B. H. MARLAPALLE,J.)