BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED :10.12.2025 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE L.VICTORIA GOWRI Crl.O.P.(MD).No.22663 of 2025 Balamurugan ... Petitioner/Defacto complainant Vs.

The State of Tamil Nadu, Rep., by Inspector of Police, Thankarai Police Station, Theni District.

Crime No.240 of 2025 ... Respondent Prayer : Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023, to direct the respondent police to file a final report in Crime No.240 of 2025 on the file of the respondent police within a stipulated time that may be fixed by this Court.

For Petitioner : Mr.J.Senthil Kumaraiah For Respondent : Mr.B.Thanga Aravindh Government Advocate (Crl. Side)

ORDER

Preface:

The advent of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 marks a constitutional transformation in India’s criminal jurisprudence. For the first time since Independence, the criminal process has been consciously re-engineered to be victim-centric, citizen-responsive and justice-oriented, in contrast to the colonial enactments which were historically designed to subserve the interests of an imperial administration and