BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT

DATED : 03.12.2025

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE L.VICTORIA GOWRI

Crl.O.P.(MD).No.22205 of 2025

K.P.John ... Petitioner

Vs.

1.The State of Tamilnadu,

The Inspector of Police,

Sholavandan Police Station,

Madurai District.

(Cr.No.139 of 2024) ... Respondent

Prayer : Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023, to direct the respondent to complete the investigation of the FIR in Crime No.139 of 2024 dated 29.06.2024 and to file a final report

before the Judicial Magistrate Court, Vadipatti.

For Petitioner : Mr.S.Jeyakarthik

For R-1 & R-2 : 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