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It has been extended so much!! In the last episodes, I was expecting to see the night and what she did with Aditya, how come she opened the gate and what exactly has happened! It missed everything and pointless jail issue was exaggerated!

It is a very good show, it is rare for me to watch 10 episodes each more than 45 minutes long , in a single day. but i did watch the entire show in one day. The show is very gripping and well acted. the screenplay is a little slow but still i liked it .

For those who are giving it poor rating, saying that it is a copy of "the night of", i would like to say that "the night of" itself is a remake of the original award winning 2008 bbc series "criminal justice". After that too, people still appreciated "the night of" because the original series has gone too old. I will suggest, please do not watch it if you have already watched "the night of". but if you haven't watched that yet, that definitely give it a watch. you will love it. The point is that, you can't critcize it just because you found it like "the night of", as that was itself a remake of the original series like this one.

Once again Vikrant Messy impressed me with his acting. And supporting cast like pamkaj tripathi, Jacky sherrof was too good with their role. Awesome coreograph and directed. Good work.

It's a gripping and takes you through the end. It was so gripping that I finished it in 10hours. And it does deserve it. The people who like thriller dramas, you guys have a lot to watch for. A super strong star cast with superb performances. A must watch for Jackie Shroff as you can see his raw personality through criminal justice, Pankaj Tripathi, Vikrant and Layak.

Acting - One word, Amazing. Specially Pankaj Tripathi, you want him to be more and more on the screen. Characters make you feel of the confusion and contradictions that they are in. The police officer is also a new actor discovered by the web platform.

Story - Good story, could've have been sharper. But in order to be close to reality, lack of sharpness can be ignored as often the reality is.

Direction - Beautiful smooth direction amidst the chaos. Applaudable camera work too.

Awesome adaptation of the original Criminal Justice series. Whoever is saying it is copied, for their information I would like to clarify that the original 2008 series and this Indian series both are produced by same producer BBC. So I would suggest please don't be ignorant and confirm your half-knowledge from available facts so that you won't ridicule yourself.

Brilliant acting by everyone including the prisoners in the background. Yes, it is a remake but when most of the Indian viewers can accept it as a new story, one should not whine. Enjoy the performance, new taste and exceptionally well screenplay.

I have decided to subscribe to web channels than wasting my money on TV, after seeing shoes like Criminal Justice on Hotstar, or Selection Day on Netflix, or Yeh meri Family and Pitchers on TVF. Criminal justice is delight to watch . It is superb in all area with crisp and interesting narration style and tight plotting. Every actor has done brilliant job, but the show stealer is PANKAJ TRIPATHI as a simple lawyer pressed by his needs and raised by his humanity. This man plays so subtly hia role that his modest humble appearance whenever it occurs, it elevates ur mood, makes u believe in the power of simplicity and you fall in love with Madhav Mishra. Pankaj Tripathy's performance is indeed something which actors should learn from. Just watch his varieties of human emotion with calm face...His need to money, his desire to help the innocent boy, his frustration on Nikhay botching up the case yet maintaining the calm, and meeting rudest of person with ease and get hia job done. This man is certainly amon the best actors today existing jn Hindi cinema, in the league of Manoj Bajpai, Irfan Khan, Sanjay Mishra, Nawaz and Raj Kumar Rao. U can watch a movie just for him.

There r some flaws but not that big. After revealing the culprit , the crime must have been reconstructed which the director gave a miss. Also the pairing of Nikhat and Madhav Mishra was so much delightful...You must have estaablished a romantic bridge between them. I am waiting for the second case of Madhav Mishra and Nikhat together. They r our new found Byomkesh Bakshi and Ajit Bandyopadhyay. And a romantic bridging is necessary between them...They look so lovely and apt to each other.

Finally, who needs TV when you have web channels making such great serials!

I liked this series but honestly the jail scenes were too much. This 7.45 Hours would have easily cut down to 3 hours. I was getting bored after 3 hours cause Jail, Court scenes were repeated many times on the contrary they would have showed how the girl was murdered.

Criminal justice is a very nice web series and in 10 episodes we can't get any bore because there was so many interesting scenes and twist... Vikrant Massey acted very well....It looks like he lived in that character

In first two three episode they maintained tempo, the story and and thrill was good but after that story became slow, unnecessary lengthy jail politics scene, the twist was not twisty as they were trying to show, it could be finished maximum in 6-7 episode, but overall story timeline is good, acting of pankaj tripathi is awesome as always... They tried to cover all the angle of judicial system that was good, overall experience was good but it could be better as i said...in India they tried new thing so yes u should watch it...

I expect indian movies and TV seriesto do a better job at making original than copying it from the west. Totally disappointed by it.

Sorry to say but season 2 was huge disappointment to me but i recommend to watch season 1 Because season one is worth watching.

The Story Line , Acting , Direction Everything was fabulous . The Jail part should have cut short as i felt it was unnecessary and boring. Also Every brother should deserve a sister like Rucha Inamdar's character

Copied from - The Night Of ,which was very good ,but in this every scene and wverything is copied ..its a waste

Vikrant Massey nails in Aditya character Jacky sharrof no words plus points direction screen play cinematography baground score my rating

Mind-blowing acting, incredible direction and a plot that'll keep you hooked. A treat for anyone who enjoys legal thrillers. Pankaj Tripathi surely steals the show and everyone has acted their part fabulously. One of the best thrillers I've ever watched!

I would recommend everyone to see this series . Why this series is so underrated. You should definitely watch this .

Honestly at first I thought this was a copy of HBO's resume as the night of, so I didn't think I was going to enjoy it. Although it was similar in the starting it took a different turn the acting of each actor was incredible direction was great as the first time I actually liked and enjoyed watching Jackie Shroff, for the first time, his character suited him he did it well. The main actor did his character really well he will go far he did a good job. Overall, it was a great show and I didn't want to stop watching it.

So I was getting a manicure (yes, my nails looked adorable) and I was kind of bored with my hands busy under the dryer, and that's when I decided to randomly open Hotstar and press play on *Criminal Justice*. I remembered my mom and dad had mentioned it way back during the pandemic, and I just never got around to it. Let me just say... I did not expect to be glued to a courtroom thriller while sipping iced green tea in a salon chair.

Let's start with the basics: *Criminal Justice* (2019) is the Indian adaptation of HBO's *The Night Of* and follows the story of Aditya Sharma, a young man who finds himself accused of the brutal murder of a woman he hooked up with after a night of partying. That's the plot, but trust me-this show is about *so* much more.

What pulled me in wasn't just the suspense (which is fab), but the psychological depth. The storytelling is slow, intimate, and layered. Every character feels like a fully formed human being, not just a plot device. Aditya's journey from charming cabbie to traumatized prisoner is harrowing. Vikrant Massey plays him with such tenderness and confusion-you really feel every inch of his descent into the prison system and into self-doubt. His transformation isn't just physical; it's psychological and moral.

And speaking of characters: the parents! Their emotional breakdowns, their helplessness, their attempts to understand the system that's slowly eating away at their son-it was heartbreaking. His sister and brother-in-law also get a decent arc, which I *loved* because usually side characters in crime shows are just wallflowers. Not here. Everyone has their own emotional weight to carry.

But the real scene-stealer? Pankaj Tripathi as Madhav Mishra, the oddly charming, underdog lawyer with a limp and a habit of scratching his skin infections mid-conversation (yes, really). He's not your conventional hero. He's quirky, chaotic, and weirdly brilliant. The way he slowly dismantles the prosecution's case in court was... *so satisfying*. And he does it with none of the dramatic flair you expect from TV lawyers. He's just... thorough. It's like watching someone slowly, patiently untangle a very tight knot.

The visuals of the show deserve a mention too. The cinematography is moody and dark without being pretentious. It matches the grim reality of the world Aditya is thrown into. Prison scenes are shot with this quiet unease. The court feels claustrophobic. The lighting is mostly greyish, which reflects how uncertain everything feels. There's no glamour, just grit-and it works.

Now, the pacing is definitely a slow burn. This isn't a crime show that slaps you with twists every ten minutes. It's deliberate, and I know some people might think it's too slow, but for me? It was perfect. That pace gave the characters room to *breathe*, and the story had space to explore the real trauma of being falsely accused. Plus, compared to the 40-minute wrapping-up of CID cases, this is like a long, luxurious psychological massage.

There's not much romance here (unless you count Aditya's brief encounter with the victim, which was more awkward than hot). And honestly, that's fine. This isn't a story about love-it's about fear, confusion, and survival. And in a weird way, that's even more gripping.

Spoiler alert: you do find out who did it. And while the reveal wasn't like a "drop your jaw" kind of twist, it felt earned. The show doesn't want to shock you. It wants you to *feel* the pain of a legal system that doesn't always get it right, the emotional toll of being accused, the slow erosion of faith and trust.

What I also really appreciated was how it showed the prison system in a very matter-of-fact way. It's not overly dramatized. It's not a Hollywood prison riot every episode. It's quieter, more psychological. Aditya slowly gets hardened, loses pieces of himself. It's scary and sad and fascinating all at once.

Criminal Justice is a show that doesn't just hand you a mystery and ask you to solve it. It pulls you into every layer of the experience-from the crime to the court to the jail to the family to the lawyer's backroom-and makes you sit with it. It's intelligent, intimate, and totally binge-worthy. I honestly didn't expect a legal drama to hold my girly little attention span, but it totally did. From a random salon watch to a full-weekend obsession.

Final rating: 9/10. Would I recommend it? Totally. Just don't expect glam and glitter-this one is all grit, all feels, and totally worth your time. Especially if you, like me, love a show that respects your intelligence *and* gives you just enough drama to snack on emotionally.

Could have been much better if it was winded down to a couple of episodes. The series is stretched like a bubblegum with boring subplots of Jail politics and family struggle melodrama. Important leads like the phone records and rehab center is overlooked by the defence lawyers in the beginning. Just to stretch the story for several hours and to come back to it in the end. Instead of focusing on the investigation which would have been much more interesting. We are bored to death with the jail story which completely deviates and becomes a series of its own. I had to skip all the jail scenes just to be able to watch this series. Even Pankaj Tripati's brilliance couldn't save this and hope if there is a second season, they get rid of such boring subplots and focus on what the audience came to see in the first place.