Kamlesh S/O Dipak Kudmethe v. State of Maharashtra Thr Pso Ps Wardha
Condonation of delay – 18 days' delay in preferring appeal against conviction
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench — Criminal Application (APPA) No. 468 of 2025 in Criminal Appeal (Stamp) No. 4322 of 2025 (Kamlesh s/o Dipak Kudmethe v. State of Maharashtra), decided 12/06/2025 by Urmila Joshi-Phalke, J. An 18-day delay in preferring the appeal against the applicant's conviction was condoned on the grounds that the applicant was unaware of legal provisions and had an unsound financial condition. The Court held the convict's right to prefer an appeal is a statutory right and that a liberal approach is to be adopted while considering delay applications; the State (through learned APP Aditya Gohokar) had opposed the application. The appeal was ordered to be registered along with the suspension of sentence application.
What did the court decide?
Condonation of the delay of 18 days in preferring the appeal; the appeal to be registered along with the suspension of sentence application.