STATE vs AWADH RAJ

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 09.05.2025 CRL.L.P. 507/2023 STATE .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Laksh Khanna, APP for the State with SI Kiran Dayal. versus AWADH RAJ .....Respondent Through: Mr. Satyendra Mishra & Mr. Praveen Seera, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR J U D G M E N T (ORAL) SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD, J. CRL.M.A. 27325/2023 (Delay of 484 days in filing the appeal) 1. This application is preferred by the Appellant seeking a condonation of delay of 484 days in filing the present Petition. 2. The records indicate that the Impugned Judgment was delivered on 30.01.2020. Accordingly, considering the directives issued by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in In Re: Cognizance for Extension of Limitation1, the Petition/Appeal ought to have been filed on or before 16.04.2022. 3. The learned APP for the State states that there was a huge pendency of cases due to COVID-19 pandemic during the relevant 1 (2022) 3 SCC 117 4. In order dated 10.01.2022, the Hon’ble Supreme Court, in In Re: Cognizance for Extension of Limitation (supra), directed as follows: “5. Taking into consideration the arguments advanced