1. The petition is listed today for consideration on IA No.1, which is an application for condonation of delay in filing the application for leave to appeal.

2. The present petition has been filed seeking for leave to appeal against the judgment of acquittal dated 28.02.2015 passed by the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Raipur, in Criminal Case No.706/2012. Vide the said judgment, the court below has acquitted the respondent from the offence punishable under S.279, S.337 and S.338 IPC.

3. It is pertinent to note that the present application for leave to appeal has been filed with delay of 291 days inasmuch as, the said judgment was passed on 28.02.2015. The present application has been filed as late as on 31.03.2016 i.e. after more than one year from the judgment having been passed.

4. A bare perusal of the grounds raised in the application for condonation of delay would itself reflect that no justification or plausible explanation for each days delay has been explained by the counsel for the petitioner / state seeking for condonation of 291 days delay in filing the application. The only bald and vague ground which have been raised by the State in the application for condonation of d