Sanjeev Sachdeva, J.

Crl.M.A.249/2017 (Delay of 8 days in filing the revision petition)

1. Subject petition has been filed with a delay of 8 days. It is contended that the matter had to be considered for elucidating opinion on filing of the appeal by the Addl. Public Prosecutor, Chief Prosecutor, Director of Prosecution (DOP), Principal Secretary (Law and Justice) and upto the Law Minister on account of which delay of 8 days occurred in filing the present revision petition.

2. On perusal of the record, I am satisfied that the petitioner has sufficiently explained the delay in filing the petition.

3. For the aforesaid reason, the delay of 8 days in filing the revision petition is condoned.

4. Application is allowed.

CRL.REV.P. 17/2017

1. State impugns order dated 15.09.2016 whereby the Trial Court has discharged the respondent from the offences under Sections 354, 376(2) (f) of the IPC.

2. The prosecutrix is the daughter of the accused. As per the FIR the accused is blind and is living separately from his wife. The prosecutrix in her statement submits that she has no memory as to when the sexual assaults started. She was born on 27.03.1998 and her father was the caretaker of her a