Date : 13.08.2025
Heard Mr. H. Das, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. R.R. Kaushik, learned
Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondent no. 1, State of Assam.
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2. The petitioner has preferred the instant criminal petition under Section 528, Bharatiya
Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita [BNSS], 2023, seeking to invoke the inherent powers of this Court,
to assail two Orders, dated 27.02.2025 and dated 02.05.2025, passed by the Court of learned
Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Dhubri [‘the Trial Court’] in the course of the proceedings of
Police Report Case [PRC] no. 1713/2023.
3. From the materials placed on record, it has emerged that a First Information Report
[FIR] was lodged in connection with an incident occurred on 27.10.2007 within the territorial
jurisdiction of Golakganj Police Station. In the FIR, sixteen nos. of persons were named as
accused including the present petitioner as accused no. 1. The said FIR was registered as
Golakganj Police Station Case no. 579/2007 for the offences under Sections
147/148/149/341/436/ 326/307, IPC read with Section 4 of the Prevention of Damage of
Public Property [PDPP] Act. Subsequently, Section 302, IPC has been added on 18.11.2007.