SPLA No. 09 of 2009 With CRLA No. 31 of 2009 With Delay Cond. App. 189 / 09 Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Mr. R.P. Nautiyal, Advocate, present for appellant. Mr. M.A. Khan, Brief Holder, present for respondent No. 4. Mr. Saurabh Chaturvedi, Advocate, holding brief of Mr. Gopal Krishan, Advocate, present for accused / respondents No. 1 to 3. This is Delay Condonation Application No. 189 of 2009, for condonation of delay in filing the appeal, against the judgment and order dated 28.11.2008, passed by Judicial Magistrate, Kashipur, in Criminal Case No. 189 of 2008. There is delay of 22 days in filing the appeal, which is sufficiently explained in the affidavit filed by Mr. R.S. Gill, on behalf of the appellant. Therefore, the delay condonation application is allowed. Delay in filing the appeal is condoned. Also, heard on application for leave to appeal No. 09 of 2009, and perused the impugned judgment and order, passed by the trial court, whereby accused / respondents Tejandra Singh Bedi, Kashmir Singh Bedi and Smt. Bhupendra Kaur are acquitted of the charge of offences punishable under Section 500, 501 of I.P.C. Perusal of the impugned order shows that the accused / respondents are acquitted for the reason that the trial court found the publication of article in the newspaper published by the respondents was covered under Exception 1 of Section 499 of I.P.C. Having considered submissions of learned counsel for the parties, and after going through the impugned order passed by the trial court, this Court is of the view that there is no sufficient reason to grant the leave to appeal in the present case. Therefore, the application for leave to appeal No. 09 of 2009, is rejected. The Criminal Appeal No. 31 of 2009, accordingly, stands dis summarily. missed (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) 27.07.2010 HN