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IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR
DINESH KUMAR PALIWAL
Sunil Kumar Dubey – Appellant
Versus
State Of Madhya Pradesh – Respondent
ORDER :
DINESH KUMAR PALIWAL, J.
This criminal revision under Section 397 read with Section 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 has been filed by the applicant assailing the appeal judgment dated 25.01.2021 delivered by 2nd Additional Session Judge, District Singrauli (MP) in Criminal Appeal No.100294/2015 (Sunil Kumar Dubey Vs. State of M.P.) by which learned Appellate Court has only modified the sentence part of 03 years under Section 420 of IPC to 01 year R.I. preferred against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 30.9.2015 passed by Chief Judicial Magistrate, Singrauli(MP) in Criminal Case No.1232/2007 ( State of M.P. Vs. Sunil Kumar Dubey ) whereby the applicant-accused has been convicted for commission of offence under Section 420 of IPC and has been sentenced to undergo RI for 03 years and fine of Rs.3000/- with default stipulations. Hence, this criminal revision.
2. Heard on I.A. No.11554 of 2025 – an application under Section 5 of the LIMITATION ACT for condonation of delay in presentation of present criminal revision.
3. The revision is drastically barred by 1074 days i.e. almost a period of two years and nine months.
4. I have gone through the appl
The court ruled that the applicant's delay of 1074 days in filing a revision petition was unjustified due to lack of sufficient cause, emphasizing the importance of adhering to limitation laws.
Sufficient cause must be shown to condone delay in filing legal petitions; courts should adopt a liberal approach while ensuring that procedural lapses do not prevent justice.
The judgment emphasizes the importance of providing a genuine and substantiated reason for seeking condonation of delay under Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963, and highlights the need for partie....
The court emphasizes that a delay in filing a petition must be justified with sufficient cause, and mere claims without evidence will not suffice.
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