Criminal Justice Season 4 Review: Gripping legal drama and as good as its previous seasons thanks to Madhav Mishra
Criminal Justice Season 4 Web Series Rating: 3.5 Stars
Watched Criminal Justice Season 4 Web Series on Jio Hotstar. So, let’s analyze the cast, release date, story, positive/negatives and at last my personal view on this web series.
Cast: Pankaj Tripathi, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Surveen Chawla, Khushboo Atre and Asha Negi
Director: Rohan Sippy
Release Date: 3rd July 2025 on Jio Hotstar
Duration: 8 Episodes/ 35 Minutes
Story: Season 4 revolves around affluent Nagpal family. Raj Nagpal (Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub) and his estranged wife Anju Nagpal (Surveen Chawla) live in the same building, but in different apartments. They share a teenage daughter Ira (Khushi Bhardwaj) who suffers from Asperger’s syndrome. Then there’s Raj’s mother Gurmeet (Sohaila Kapur) and his girlfriend Roshni Saluja (Asha Negi), who is also Ira’s nurse.
All seems well until one day, their shared house help Kamala (Amrut Sant) walks in to see a dead Roshni lying in a pool of blood in Raj’s arms. Her cry for help reaches Anju, who rushes from next door, and immediately calls up the police. Raj is now the prime suspect in the police investigation and Anju reaches out to lawyer Madhav Mishra (Pankaj Tripathi) for help.
Madhav is no longer a dark horse and has become quite renowned. His team includes Shivani Mathur (Barkha Singh), his brother-in-law Deep (Aatm Prakash Mishra) and his wife Ratna (Khushboo Atre). What follows is a taut murder investigation with the angles of police interrogation, courtroom drama and a parallel media trial. Will Madhav be able to provide justice once again forms the rest of the story.
Positives
1. Performances
2. Story
3. Direction
4. Climax
5. Dialogues
Negatives
1. Length
2. Uneven Screenplay
3. Weekly episode release
Durgesh Tiwary’s View: When I watched the trailer of this web-series planned to watch in my free time as loved the trailer and liked previous 3 seasons. Veteran lawyer Madhav Mishra defends Raj Nagpal, found holding the murdered body of nurse Roshni Saluja after his daughter’s birthday. As the courtroom battle intensifies, buried truths begin to surface, suggesting not everyone is who they claim to be.
Criminal Justice Season 4 is adapted from the British show of the same name. The novel factor is the unusual family where a man and his wife, although separated, are Neighbours while the former’s mistress is also a part of family. From this setup unfolds a dual narrative: one that examines Raj’s complex personal relationships, and another that delves into the realities of raising a neurodivergent child. These intertwined threads provide a rich emotional backdrop to the legal mystery, even as the narrative occasionally loses momentum. It unravels secrets through the course of eight episodes, giving viewers enough time and reasons to suspect each character who enters the narration. Layers start to shed and plot begins to twist as more and more characters enter the list of accused. The storytelling allows for an easy expansion of the trial, weave hints, twists and turns with a sharpness that’s hard to ignore. There are several moments in the show when you would think you know who the killer is, but a little detail would pivot the plot just then. The final episodes effectively build courtroom tension, with well-argued confrontations that challenge assumptions and shift perspectives. Rohan Sippy’s direction is pretty good, just like the previous two seasons. He has succeeded in keeping things under control. The performances clearly fall in the positive. Pankaj Tripathi once again succeeds in making his iconic character of Madhav Mishra interesting and entertaining. Khushi Bhardwaj is the surprise package. She is simply brilliant in the role of a teenager suffering from Asperger’s Syndrome. It may not be the most suspenseful or fast-paced installment in the franchise, but it builds steadily valuing insight over spectacle and offers a mature reflection on justice amid fractured relationships and unspoken wounds.
With just three episodes and for the plan of releasing weekly episode has impacted the overall interest. They are going gaga over why such an interesting web series is being streamed in such pieces. At this pace, the series makes half-hearted efforts to impress you, and rests too heavily on Tripathi’s dependable shoulders. A tighter plot, sharper tension and fuller character arcs would have made it a crown-worthy winner of the genre. A few scenes look immensely stretched, and a few others give you a deja vu from the previous seasons of the franchise. For a series in its fourth season, the template of a courtroom drama mixed with police investigation could have fallen flat or felt repetitive. But to the makers’ credit, the freshness remains, and so does the curiosity. Overall, series delivers an engaging courtroom drama that, while flawed in places, remains compelling throughout. If you like your legal dramas to have the requisite twists with the big reveal in the finale, this show will be right up your alley. My view on this web-series is Recommended.
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