Bombay High Court

REMEDIOUS DSILVA PRESENTLY UNDERGOING SENTENCE AT SUB JAIL VASCO.versusSTATE THR. PP AND ANR.

Disposal: Disposed of
Bench: AMIT S JAMSANDEKAR

Holding

The revision application was dismissed as nothing survives after the death of the applicant.

Summary

The applicant, Remedious D. Silva, who was serving a sentence, filed a criminal revision application. During the pendency of the case, the applicant died on 15 September 2016, and a death certificate was produced before the court. The court held that, with the death of the applicant, there was nothing left to pursue in the revision and therefore disposed of the application. The court also directed that any fine and accrued interest deposited in the court be paid to the victim. No substantive legal issues were adjudicated beyond the procedural disposal due to the applicant's death.

Issues considered

Can a criminal revision application proceed when the applicant has died?
Whether the fine deposited in the court should be paid to the victim after the applicant's death?

Subjects

criminal revision
death of appellant
fine payment
court disposal

Judgment

                                  48 CRIR 37 2016

     Esha

            IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA
            CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO.37 OF 2016

REMEDIOUS DSILVA PRESENTLY
UNDERGOING SENTENCE AT SUB JAIL
VASCO.                                                ... APPLICANT
  Versus
STATE THR. PP AND ANR.                                ... RESPONDENTS


Mr. Sahil Sardesai, Advocate for the Applicant.

Mr. S.G. Bhobe, Public Prosecutor for the Respondents.


                       CORAM:- AMIT S. JAMSANDEKAR, J.
                       DATED :- 17th June, 2026

P.C:
     Heard the learned Counsel for the Applicant.


2.     It is submitted by the learned Counsel for the Applicant that the
Applicant has passed away on 15.09.2016. He has also produced on
record the Death Certificate issued by the Margao Municipal Council
on 12.06.2026. The Death Certificate is taken on record and marked
'X' for identification.


3.           In view thereof, nothing survives in the present Revision
Application and accordingly the same stands disposed of.


4.      The learned Registrar (Judicial) to ensure that the fine amount

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                        along with accrued interest, if any, deposited in this Court, is paid to
                        the Victim.



                                                              AMIT S. JAMSANDEKAR, J.




Signed by: VAIGANKAR ESHA
SAINATH
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Designation: Personal Assistant
Date: 19/06/2026 16:45:22                                17th June, 2026

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