BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT

DATED : 11.12.2025

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE L.VICTORIA GOWRI

Crl.O.P.(MD).No.22718 of 2025

Pushpa ... Petitioner

Vs.

The State of Tamilnadu,

Rep.By The Inspector of Police,

K.Puduppatti Police Station,

Pudukkottai District,

(Crime No.138 of 2024) ... Respondents

Prayer : Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023, to issue direction to the respondent to complete the investigation and file final report in Crime No.138 of 2024, pending on the file of K.Puduppatti Police Station, Pudukkottai District, within a reasonable

time.

For Petitioner : Mr.C.Karthikeyan

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 adminis