BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT

DATED : 18.12.2025

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE L.VICTORIA GOWRI

Crl.O.P.(MD).No.23279 of 2025

Athishwaran ... Petitioner

Vs.

1. The State of Tamilnadu,

Rep.By the Inspector of Police,

Thevaram Police Station,

Theni District.

(Crime No.198 of 2022)

2. Pandiyarajan ...Respondents

Prayer : Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023, to direct the respondent Police to expedite the investigation in the above case in Crime No.198 of 2022, dated 13.12.2022 and file a final

report within the time stipulated by this Court.

For Petitioner : Mr.A.Arputharaj For R-1 : Mr.P.Kottaisamy,

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 it