M.Murugan @ Muruganantham v. State Rep By Assistant Commissioner Of Police

Crl.M.P.No.5670 of 2023 in Crl.A.SR.No.60160 of 2022 M.SUNDAR, J., and M.NIRMAL KUMAR, J., [Order of the Court was made by M.SUNDAR, J.,] Captioned 'Criminal Miscellaneous Petition' ['Crl.MP' for the sake of brevity and convenience] has been filed with a 'Condonation of Delay' ['COD'] prayer.

2. Mr.E.Raj Thilak, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, accepts notice for the respondent and submits that no other separate appeal has been preferred by the appellant before us.

3. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and the nature of the matter, we accept the reason for delay i.e., that the petitioner could not provide papers to the counsel in time as they were with his relatives. We also notice that the delay sought to be condoned is 101 days. Page Nos.1/2 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis

M.SUNDAR, J., and M.NIRMAL KUMAR, J., gpa Sequitur of the narrative thus far is, delay is condoned and captioned Crl.MP is ordered as prayed for albeit with a rider that Section 15-A(5) of the Scheduled Caste and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 has to be borne in mind by the Registry while processing the appeal.

(M.S.,J.) (M.N.K.,J.) 24.04.2023 gpa Crl.M.P.No.5670 of 2023 in Crl.A.SR.No.60160 of 2022 Page Nos.2/2 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis