Bombay High Court

ASHOK PANDAIAH KATKAMversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS.

Disposal: Disposed Off

Holding

The court granted condonation of the one‑day delay in filing the appeal.

Summary

The appellant, Ashok Pandaiah Katkam, filed an appeal against an order of the Additional Sessions Judge, Solapur, one day beyond the prescribed period. He sought condonation of this one‑day delay through an interim application. The court heard arguments from both sides and, after consideration, allowed the application for condonation. Consequently, the appeal was ordered to be listed for hearing after a period of two weeks. No substantive merits of the original appeal were decided in this order.

Issues considered

Whether a delay of one day in filing an appeal can be condoned under the applicable procedural law

Subjects

condonation of delay
appeal procedure
interim application
criminal appellate jurisdiction

Judgment

                                                                             10-APEALST-10132-2024.doc



          Digitally signed
                                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
          by HARISH
HARISH
VITHAL
          VITHAL
          CHAUDHARI                             CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR
                                              CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CHAUDHARI Date:
          2026.08.31
          19:09:25 +0530




                                          CR. APPEAL (STAMP) NO. 10132 OF 2024

                        Ashok Pandaiah Katkam                               ...Appellant.
                                Versus
                        State Of Maharashtra And Others                     ...Respondents.

                                                         WITH
                                        CRI-INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 1926 OF 2024
                                                           IN
                                          CR. APPEAL (STAMP) NO. 10132 OF 2024

                        Ashok Pandaiah Katkam                               ...Applicant.
                                Versus
                        State Of Maharashtra And Others                     ...Respondents.

                                                         ——————
                        Mr. Ritesh Thobde A/W Darshan Singh Rajpuroshit & Changdev Shingade for the
                        Appellant/Applicant.
                        Dr. A. A. Takalkar, APP for the Respondent-State.
                                                         ——————
                                                           Coram :     Sharmila U. Deshmukh &
                                                                       Neeraj P. Dhote, JJ.
                                                           Date      : August 31, 2026.
                        P. C. :

                        [i]       ORDER IN CRI-INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 1926 OF 2024 :

                        1.        This is an Application for condonation of delay of one (01) day in

                        filing the Appeal against the order passed below Exhibit-300 in MPID

                        Case No. 01/2013 by the Additional Sessions Judge, Solapur.

                        2.        After hearing the learned counsel for the Applicant and the

                        learned APP for the Respondent-State and for the reasons mentioned in


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the Application, the Application is allowed in terms of prayer clause (b).

3.       Application is disposed of accordingly.

[ii]     ORDER IN CR. APPEAL (STAMP) NO. 10132 OF 2024 :

1.       Learned APP seeks time.

2.       List the Appeal after two (02) weeks.



 [Neeraj P. Dhote, J.]                           [Sharmila U. Deshmukh, J.]




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