Sns 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.586 OF 2011 IN CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. OF 2011 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. OF 2011 Haridas V. Shinde ..Applicant. v/s. The State and Anr. ..Respondents. Mr. A.Q.Ansari, adv. for the Applicant. Mr. Y.S.Shinde, APP for the Respondent/State. Mr. Ravindra Pachundkar i/by Dilip Bodake, advs. for the respondent no.2. CORAM : J.H.BHATIA, J. DATE : 4th October, 2011 PC : 1 Heard. 2 This is application for condonation of delay for filing the appeal against acquittal. The learned counsel for the respondent/accused strongly opposed the application. On perusal of the record, it appears that the impugned judgment of acquittal was passed by the sessions Court on 12.11.2010 by reversing the judgment of conviction earlier passed by the Judicial Magistrate. The period of limitation is 90 days as per the provisions of Art.114 in the Schedule of the Limitation Act for filing appeal before the High Court. Before expiry of the limitation period, on 5.2.2011 application was made for supply of copies and it was supplied on 10.2.2011. Therefore, the appeal could be preferred on or before 15.2.11. Appeal was actually Sns 2 filed on 18.2.2011. Thus, there was delay of only 3 days. The office pointed out that there was delay of 27 days as this application for condonation of delay was filed on 1.3.2011. In fact, the actual delay in filing the appeal was only three days. Therefore, for the reasons given in the application, the application is allowed and delay is condoned. 3 Application for leave to prefer appeal be registered and listed for admission beyond Diwali vacation. (J.H.BHATIA, J.)