JUDGMENT :

KARDAK ETE, J.

1. Heard Ms. N. Danggen, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Ms. L. Hage, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State of Arunachal Pradesh representing the respondent no. 1. None appeared for the respondent No. 2 despite service of notice.

2. By filing this criminal revision petition under Section 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, the petitioner has assailed the order dated 03.03.2023 passed by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Yupia, in G.R. Case No. 363/2020, by which the application filed by the accused petitioner for discharge has been rejected and the charge framed by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Yupia, in G.R. Case No. 363/2020, under Section 3 (1) of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984 (hereinafter referred to as PDPP Act in short) against the petitioner.

3. The case set up by the prosecution is that a complaint by one Shri Nabam Tama was lodged to the Director (Housing) Government of Arunachal Pradesh, who on receipt of the said complaint, filed a written complaint to the Chief Estate Officer-cum-ADM, Itanagar Capital Complex. The complaint was forwarded to the Itanagar Police for investigat