1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.2045 OF 2009 Surdas Balkrishna Kirgat .... Applicant V/s. The State of Maharashtra ..... Respondent None for the applicant. Mr.D.P.Adsule, APP, for the State. CORAM :P.B.MAJMUDAR, & R.G.KETKAR, JJ. DATE : 21st JANUARY, 2010 P.C. 1. The applicant has filed this application through legal aid. There is a considerable delay of 809 days in filing the appeal. According the applicant, he is an indigent person and he has applied for certified copy. According to him, he received the certified copy on 11-02-2009. Learned APP submitted that the grounds given in the application are not very convincing. However, considering the fact that the applicant is convicted under Section 302 of IPC and has been awarded sentence for life imprisonment, in our view, it would be just and proper to examine the main appeal on its own merits. Accordingly, delay in filing the appeal is condoned. Application is made absolute in terms of prayer clause (a). 2. Criminal application is disposed of. 2 3. Appeal be circulated for admission in due course. ( R.G.KETKAR, J. ) ( P.B.MAJMUDAR, J.)