Parana Manage Sidath Bidula vs Officer-in-Charge, Police Station, Tangalle – CA PHC/APN/121/20-2022

In Officer-in-Charge, Police Station, Tangalle v. Parana Manage Sidath Bidula and Others, the court examined whether a substituted petitioner had the locus standi to seek revision of a sentence imposed on an accused who pleaded guilty to grave sexual offences, and whether substantial delay and failure to appeal precluded such revision. The application arose after the accused was convicted and sentenced consecutively for serious offences under the Penal Code, with the substituted petitioner filing for revision over a year post-sentencing. Preliminary objections raised by respondents included unexplained delay, questions of standing, and procedural propriety. It was held that the revision application should be dismissed, reaffirming the principle that revisionary jurisdiction is to be exerci