PATNA, India, March 17 -- Patna High Court issued the following order on March 4:

Heard Mr. Mahendra Prasad Verma, learned Advocate for the applicant and Mr. Sujit Kumar Singh, learned A.P.P. for the Respondent-State.

2. The present interlocutory application has been filed under Section 5 of the Limitation Act for condonation of delay of 448 days caused in preferring the conviction appeal.

3. Learned Advocate for the applicant has submitted that applicant is a very poor person and the present appeal has been filed through Patna High Court Legal Services Committee, Patna. Learned Advocate for the applicant has referred to the averments made in this application and thereafter contended that the applicant is having good case on merits and, ...