Bombay High Court

PAMELA @ PAMA W/O. RAJ D MELLO AND OTHERSversusRAJ D MELLO S/O. ANTHONY D MELLO

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The application is dismissed as infructuous.

Summary

The petitioners, led by Pamela (wife of Raj D Mello) and others, filed a criminal application and a revision. During the pendency of the proceedings, the petitioner‑wife died and the remaining petitioners became minors. The learned counsel highlighted these developments, arguing that the proceedings could no longer continue. The Court observed that the death of a principal petitioner and the minority of the others rendered the matter infructuous. Consequently, the Court disposed of both the criminal application and the revision as infructuous.

Issues considered

Whether the criminal application and revision should be dismissed as infructuous due to the death of the petitioner and the minority of the remaining petitioners?

Subjects

criminal application
infructuous
death of party
minority
disposal

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:38631


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                     IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                 BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                           CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 2211 OF 2018
                                    IN REVNST/224/2018
                  PAMELA @ PAMA W/O. RAJ D MELLO AND OTHERS
                                        VERSUS
                         RAJ D MELLO S/O. ANTHONY D MELLO
                                            ...
                Advocate Al Amoodi A.M. h/f Shri Syed G.R., Advocate for the
                Applicants.
                                            ...

                                    CORAM : SUSHIL M. GHODESWAR, J.

                                    DATE : 25 August 2026

                P. C. :-

                1.            Learned advocate for the applicants fairly states that

                applicant No.1/ wife has passed away during pendency of this

                application and applicant Nos.2 and 3 have become major. As

                such, the instant matter has become infructuous.


                2.            Hence, the Criminal Application as well as the

                Criminal Revision Application are disposed of as infructuous.




        kps                               ( SUSHIL M. GHODESWAR, J. )

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