1 APPA.287-2010 acd IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 287 OF 2010 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL STAMP NO. 177 OF 2010 Shrikant Bapurao Gaikwad ..Applicant. Vs. The State of Maharashtra ..Respondent. -- Mr. V.V. Purwant, for the Applicant. Mrs. A.S. Pai, APP for the State-Respondent. -- CORAM: B. H. MARLAPALLE & U. D. SALVI, JJ. JANUARY 12, 2011. P.C.: 1. Heard Mr. Purwant, the learned counsel for the Applicant, who seeks to challenge the order of conviction and sentence passed in Sessions Case No. 138 of 2007 by the learned Sessions Judge, at Kolhapur on 20.4.2009, has filed the Criminal Appeal under Stamp No. 177 of 2010. 2. Criminal Appeal under Stamp No.177 of 2010 has been filed belatedly and hence this application for condonation of delay. 2 APPA.287-2010 3. As per the office note, the appeal is beyond time by 250 days and the Applicant is presently undergoing sentence. We are satisfied that the delay 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.)