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Tamil Nadu Criminal Procedure Rules, 2025

July 23 , 2025 12 hrs 0 min 64 0

The Tamil Nadu Criminal Procedure Rules came into effect in July 2025.
These were notified by the Tamil Nadu Government to align the state’s procedural framework with the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) (New Criminal Procedure Code)
A police station can now register the FIRs (First Information Report) for cognisable offences committed outside its jurisdiction.
Such FIRs must be transferred electronically and physically to the competent police station within 24 hours.
It would pave the way for courts to serve summons through authenticated email, OTP-verified mobile numbers, or standard messaging platforms.
The Summons service is also digitally logged and tracked, and due service can be established through reply messages or automated links.
As per the rules, the eSakshya Mobile Application is now mandated for recording audio-visual evidence, uploading photographs of the crime scenes or witnesses, and generating the immutable SID packets (secure, geo-tagged, time-stamped evidence with hash verification).
Tamil Nadu Police has ensured testing of digital platforms such as CCTNS (Crime and Criminal Networking System)-II, the eSakshya, and the e-summons has been completed.