Nagaon court to frame charges against Dokmoka Lynching Accused

Guwahati: The accused people in the Dokmoka lynching case of Abhijeet Nath and Nilotpal Das are to face charges framed by the Nagaon district and sessions judge’s court. As scheduled to be heard on Saturday, the district and sessions judge’s court will frame the charges against the 47-arrested people. Needless to say, the brutal lynching case of Dokmoka had left the entire state shaken.

Before this, as per the decision of the Assam government, the Gauhati High Court had ordered for a transfer of the case from Diphu Session Court to Nagaon District Court. Following this order, a charge sheet of 844 pages was filed against the accused after almost 75 days of the incident.

The Gauhati HC has made it clear that the case has to be tried in Nagaon court through a suo motu cognizance. The session judge is asked specifically to take up the case and not by the Additional Session judge.

In its last hearing on November 8, the date for next hearing was fixed as December 1 and as scheduled, the Nagaon court has sat to hear the case and frame charges against the 47 accused persons allegedly involved Nilotpal Das and Abhijeet Nath in the lynching of that took place on June 8 in Karbi Anglong’s Dokmoka.

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