An 18-year-old from Kalorama has been charged with intentionally causing serious injury after a stabbing in Ringwood on Sunday 12 February.
Officers located a 21-year-old man with a stab wound outside a licensed premises on Maroondah Highway just before 3am.
The Kilsyth man was taken to hospital in a critical condition but is now stable.
Maroondah Crime Investigation Unit detectives charged the 18-year-old man.
He was bailed to appear in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court at a later date.
Police will allege both parties are known to each other.