IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH R.S.A. No. 1165 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision: October 21, 2011 Sunil Kumar .. Appellant Vs. State of Haryana and another .. Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.N. Jindal Present: Mr. Pradeep Prakash Chahar, Advocate for the appellant. Mr. Tribhuvan Dahiya, Advocate for the respondents. A.N. Jindal, J This regular second appeal against the judgment dated 29.4.2008 having been filed on 22.2.2011 is barred by 776 days delay. The appeal is accompanied by an application for condonation of delay. The only ground to condone the delay is that Mr. Dalbir Singh, Advocate, his counsel had promised to file an appeal within a week after he had engaged him on 10.12.2008, but he did not file the appeal, but only lied that the appeal has been filed. It is further averred that on14.12.2010, he came to know that Mr. Dalbir Singh, Advocate had expired on 11.9.2009. The allegations appear to have been concocted one. Neither affidavit of any family member of Mr. Dalbir Singh, Advocate nor any proof of his death has been filed. Even otherwise, after he had engaged Mr. Dalbir Singh, Advocate on 10.12.2008, he was to enquire about the fate of the appeal. There is no evidence that Mr. Dalbir Singh, Advocate continued assuring him that the appeal has been filed. The application being not supported by any cogent ground, is dismissed. Consequently, the appeal also fails. October 21, 2011 (A.N. Jindal) deepak Judge