Allowed
Kamal Gogoi v. the State of Assam and Anr.
Gauhati HCI.A.(Crl.)/865/2024
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Interlocutory application only: a 690-day delay in filing an appeal against a POCSO conviction sentencing the applicant to 20 years' rigorous imprisonment was condoned, with no objection from the Additional Public Prosecutor. The appeal was ordered to be registered and listed. No substantive legal decision was made in this order.
What did the court decide?
Delay of 690 days in filing appeal condoned; Registry to register appeal and list it after a week.