Phuyoba Yobin v. The State of Ap and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Gauhati High Court Itanagar Bench; Justice Budi Habung; 06-11-2025; framing of charge; discharge under Section 227 CrPC; FIR not encyclopaedia; naming every accused not mandatory; prima facie material at charge stage; Section 149 IPC unlawful assembly; VNR P.S. Case No. 2 of 2020; Session Case No. 35 of 2023; Sections 120B/147/148/149/436/134A/153A IPC; Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act Sections 3 and 4; Section 442/528 BNSS 2023; Article 227; criminal revision dismissed; stay of trial rejected; joint trial Section 223 CrPC / Section 245 BNSS; P. Vijayan (2010) 2 SCC 398; Anees (2024) 15 SCC 48; Vijoynagar/Gandhinagar incident; damage Rs.4,22,59,175/-.
What did the court decide?
No relief to the petitioners: all sixteen criminal revision petitions dismissed and all interlocutory stay applications rejected; Trial Court directed to proceed with the trial expeditiously, and given liberty to examine feasibility of a joint or consolidated trial under Section 223 CrPC (now Section 245 BNSS, 2023) if legal requirements are satisfied.