PATNA, India, April 22 -- Patna High Court issued the following order on April 7:

The present interlocutory application has been filed under Section 5 of the Limitation Act for condonation of delay of 116 days caused in preferring the conviction appeal.

2. Heard learned counsel Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh for the applicant, Ms. Madiha Hashmi, learned counsel for the informant and Mr. Manish Kumar No. 2, learned A.P.P. for the Respondent-State.

3. Learned counsel for the applicant referred the averments made in this application and thereafter submitted that the applicant has shown sufficient cause for not filing the conviction appeal. In fact, the applicant has filed the appeal through Patna High Court Legal Services Committee as the applicant ...