BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT

DATED : 05.12.2025

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE L.VICTORIA GOWRI

Crl.O.P.(MD).No.22320 of 2025

Gandhimathi ... Petitioner

Vs.

State of Tamilnadu,

Rep by. Inspector of Police,

Ilathur Police Station,

Tenkasi.

(Crime No. 237 of 2024) ... Respondent

Prayer : Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023, to direct the respondent to file a final report in Crime

No. 237 of 2024 on the file of the respondent.

For Petitioner : Mr.B.Raguvaran

For Respondent : Mr.M.Sakthi Kumar,

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 to control its subjects.

2. The new Codes emphasise timeliness, transparency, accountability, and proportionality, recognisin