Gujarat High Court
Lakshmanbhai Jamandas Tejwani vs State Of Gujarat on 25 September, 2025
NEUTRAL CITATION
R/CR.MA/13908/2025 ORDER DATED: 25/09/2025
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
R/CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY) NO.
13908 of 2025
In
F/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 24035 of 2025
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LAKSHMANBHAI JAMANDAS TEJWANI
Versus
STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS.
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Appearance:
MR P S DATTA(11324) for the Applicant(s) No. 1
MR. MAHEK B. RAVAL(17804) for the Respondent(s) No. 2,3,4,5
MS KRINA CALLA, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1
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CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHEEKATI
MANAVENDRANATH ROY
and
HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D. M. VYAS
Date : 25/09/2025
ORAL ORDER
(PER : HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHEEKATI MANAVENDRANATH ROY)
1. This application under Section 5 of the Limitation Act is filed seeking condonation of delay of 100 days in filing the appeal against the judgment of acquittal.
2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned APP, Ms.Krina Calla for the first respondent-State and Mr.Mahek B. Raval, learned counsel for respondent nos.2 to 5.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is aged about 60 years and he has been suffering from the ailment of paralysis and he has been undergoing the treatment and, due to the said ailment, he could not prefer the appeal in time, and as such there is a delay of 100 days in Page 1 of 2 Uploaded by R.S. MALEK(HC00180) on Thu Sep 25 2025 Downloaded on : Thu Sep 25 23:12:42 IST 2025 NEUTRAL CITATION R/CR.MA/13908/2025 ORDER DATED: 25/09/2025 undefined filing the appeal. The said explanation offered by the petitioner is not seriously controverted by the respondents and the petition is not seriously opposed by the respondents. Therefore, we are of the considered view that the petitioner is entitled for condonation of delay of 100 days in filing the appeal.
4. Resultantly, the application is allowed condoning the delay of 100 days in filing the appeal.
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