What Is the Story About?
In Criminal Justice: A Family Matter, Season 4, Dr. Raj Nagpal is found holding the lifeless body of nurse Roshni Saluja after his daughter’s birthday celebration. Accused of murder and entangled in allegations of an affair with the victim, Raj’s world gets crumbled. His estranged wife, Anju, becomes a suspect, further complicating the case. Advocate Madhav Mishra steps in to defend Raj while the family struggles through a web of secrets, emotional turmoil, and legal challenges. Hidden truths emerge, testing relationships and moral boundaries keep on appearing in the theme. The season delves deep into themes of trust, betrayal, and the complexities of family bonds.
Performances?
In Criminal Justice: A Family Matter, performances are the spine on which the entire narrative rests and the cast delivers with remarkable nuance. Pankaj Tripathi, reprising his role as Madhav Mishra, remains the moral and tonal compass of the series. With his effortless command of language, wit, and stoic intelligence, Tripathi brings gravitas to even the most mundane courtroom moment. His chemistry with his on-screen wife, played with delightful subtlety by Swastika Mukherjee is actually fun to watch. One would assume that Mukherjee is a highly capable actress and she is not given her due justice by such a small role. But she carries the character in a really appreciable manner, just like she did in the first season of Paatal Lok.
Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub is a standout. As Dr. Raj Nagpal who is a man buried under suspicion, guilt, and grief, Ayyub crafts a character that is both restrained and deeply haunted. It’s a performance full of silences. Surveen Chawla, as Anju has given a decent performance in the season. She has shown her capabilities as an actress in some films and series but her portrayal remains very average and there is nothing extraordinary to remember.
Asha Negi’s Roshni, though present for a limited time, is also not bad. Her warmth and easy presence in episodes make the tragedy feel all the more personal. Shweta Basu Prasad is razor-sharp as Lekha Agastya, the public prosecutor, as she is cold and calculated.
Analysis
Before people even started watching the show they got heavily disappointed. There is a big reason behind it.
The reason is the way in which the show is released. Instead of releasing the entire season, JioHotstar released only three episodes. Fans are very angry and they would rather watch the entire show in one go when all the episodes have been released.
Criminal Justice: A Family Matter is not just about the crime but the quiet, slow-burn devastation around it. This is a murder mystery, yes, but at heart, it’s about a family barely holding itself together, trying to make sense of something that has no neat answers. And that’s exactly where the show excels that is, its emotional intelligence.
Director Rohan Sippy balances legal drama with personal grief and guilt without letting either overpower the other. His show lingers in the silence between a father and daughter, in the awkwardness of two ex-partners trying to co-parent, in the weight of a man caught between guilt and disbelief. The pacing may test some viewers, especially in the middle, but there’s an emotional payoff that makes the patience worth it.
The show’s most compelling strength is how it uses the courtroom as a mirror of fractured human relationships. Every argument, every cross-examination feels like a deeper reflection on trust, resentment, and regret. It avoids melodrama and lets the tension build naturally, layer by layer.
Ultimately, Criminal Justice doesn’t try to shock for the sake of it. It asks questions about truth, responsibility, and emotional blindness. The mystery is gripping but it’s the moral grey zone.
This show reminds us of Drishyam. At the heart of the film it is not a murder mystery but the torments of a family that made one mistake and how everyone will always and always live under the weight of what has happened.
Similarly, this season is less about the killing and the legal drama that follows. It is more about what led to the killings.
Music and Other Departments?
The music is not the thing that grabs attention in this series. There are very few episodes, and there is very little that we can talk about. The season has many more things to offer and eventually we will discuss it.
As of now the dialogues certainly stand out. They are not loud and flashy but very natural and thought provoking. It is essentially what forces you to think about your own family relations and how well they are structured.
Highlights?
Dialogues
The premise
Drawbacks?
Pacing
Release model
Did I Enjoy It?
As of now, yes.
Will You Recommend It?
Too early to say.
Criminal Justice Season 4 Review by Binged Bureau
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