abs IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 82 OF 2007 IN REVISION APPLICATION NO. 128 OF 2007 Swati Prakash Shelar .. Applicant V/s Vikas Dattatray Sawant & Anr. .. Respondent Mr.P.V. Sawant for the applicant. Mr.Khandeparkar for the respondent no.1. Mrs. M.M. Deshmukh, A.P.P. for the State. CORAM : D.G. KARNIK, J. DATE : 6TH FEBRUARY 2008 P.C. P.C. P.C. : 1. Heard. 2. By this application, the applicant, who is the victim of the alleged rape, prays for condonation of delay in filing the revision application. The delay is of one year and 45 days. Two reasons have been given for the delay. Firstly, it is submitted that the applicant was under a bonafide impression that the State - 2 - would file an appeal challenging the judgment and, therefore, the revision application was not filed. As the State has not filed the appeal against the judgment, the applicant is filing the revision application. Secondly, it is contended that the applicant was minor and has attained the majority on 3rd October 2006. The certificate issued by the school showing her date of birth is annexed to the application. The period of limitation would begin to run after attaining the majority. Counted from the date of majority, the delay is of only a couple of months which is explained, as mentioned above, in the application. 3. In my view, the delay is sufficiently explained. Minority was the ground for not filing the revision application. Soon after she attained the majority, the revision application is filed. In the circumstances, delay is condoned. Application is allowed in terms of prayer (a). (D.G. KARMIC, J.)