Sns 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.181 OF 2011 IN CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1919 OF 2009 M/s Arati Industries Ltd. ..Applicants. v/s. M/s Riverside Industries Ltd. & Ors. ..Respondents. Ms Sonali Kunckar i/by Shri V.K.Mahangare, advs. for the Applicants. Ms P.P.Shinde, APP for the respondent/State. CORAM : J.H.BHATIA, J. DATE : 14th September, 2011 PC : 1 Criminal Application No.181 of 2011 was only for seeking leave to serve by publication and that was granted on 7.6.2011. Thus, that appliction stands disposed off. 2 As service is completed Criminal Application No.1919 of 2009, it is ready for the hearing for admission. 3 In Criminal Application No.1919/09, the applicant , which is a registered company, seeks condonation of delay of 141 days in filing the appeal against acquittal for the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. It appears from the application that Vinod Vishnu Khanolkar, who is is Senior Assistant in the office of the applicant-company was ill and was hospitalised during the relevant period and as he was the Sns 2 only person aware about the facts of this case, there was delay in filing in the appeal. No medical certificate is produced in support of the application. However, the respondent has also not appeared in spite of service, therefore, it may be assumed that the ground may be true and that the respondent may not have any objection to the condonation of delay. 4 Therefore, delay in filing the application seeking leave to file appeal is hereby condoned and application stands disposed off. 5 The application for leave to prefer appeal be registered and listed for admission on 14.10.2011. (J.H.BHATIA, J.)