GANGTOK, India, May 21 -- Sikkim High Court issued the following judgment/order on May 2:
Heard Learned Additional Public Prosecutor on I.A. No.01 of 2024, which is an application under Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963, seeking condonation of five days delay, in filing the instant Appeal. The grounds have been detailed in the Petition. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor submits that after the File was received in the Office of the Advocate General on 09-08-2024 well within the period of limitation, the Office of the Learned Advocate General filed leave to appeal only on 04-09-2024 as the Counsel vested with the responsibility of preparing the Appeal suffered ill-health. That, the delay is unintentional and bona fide and the same may...