PROSECUTION DROPS CASE AGAINST THE “NOVI SAD GROUP”: Students had no intention of overthrowing the state, police obtained evidence illegally!

The Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade has dropped charges against nine defendants due to a lack of evidence. They had been accused of preparing an offense against Serbia’s constitutional order and security in connection with calls for the violent overthrow of the constitutional order.

An indictment proposal against nine young defendants was filed on September 19, 2025, on suspicion that they had committed the criminal offense of preparing an act against the constitutional order and security of Serbia, in connection with calls for the violent overthrow of the constitutional order, acting as co-perpetrators.

According to the prosecution, the decision was made following court rulings that excluded certain evidence as illegally obtained, meaning there was no longer a sufficient evidentiary basis to pursue the indictment.

“The prosecution has informed the Higher Court in Belgrade that it is dropping the charges. The indictment proposal covered Luka S., Bojo B., Lazar S., Ivana M., Dušan S., Dimitrije S., Dimitrije D., Nikola P. and Luka D.,” the statement said.

The decision followed the Belgrade Court of Appeal’s confirmation of a Higher Court ruling that excluded as illegal evidence obtained through the use of special investigative measures. That evidence constituted a substantial part of the material on which the charges were based.

“After analyzing the remaining evidence in the case files, the prosecution concluded that it no longer had evidence to support the existence of reasonable suspicion that the defendants had committed the criminal offense,” the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade stated on its website.

What did the indictment proposal allege?

It should be recalled that the indictment proposal submitted by the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade on September 19 stated that there was reasonable suspicion that the defendants had, following a prior agreement, allegedly prepared to commit a criminal offense and organized calls for the violent overthrow of the constitutional order on June 20, 2025, at the premises of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, and on June 24, 2025, at the Faculty of Philology in Belgrade.