  The supernova SN 2002ap was discovered in the outer regions of the nearby
spiral M74 on January 29.4 UT. Early photometric and spectroscopic observations
indicate the supernova belongs to the class of Ic hypernova. Late time (After
JD 2452500) light curve decay slopes are similar to that of the hypernovae SN
1997ef and SN 1998bw. We present here the $BVRI$ photometric light curves and
colour evolutions of SN 2002ap to investigate the late time nature of the light
curve.
