Criminal Justice: Adhura Sach

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Criminal Justice: Adhura Sach is a Hindi-language legal drama series from India, directed by Rohan Sippy. The show features notable performances by Pankaj Tripathi, Shweta Basu Prasad, Purab Kohli, Swastika Mukherjee, and Adinath Kothare. The plot centers around the investigation of a teenage celebrity’s murder. Premiering on 26 August 2022, it marks the third installment in the Criminal Justice courtroom drama anthology under Hotstar Specials.

Plot

Mukul Ahuja, the pampered teenage son of Avantika and Arvind Ahuja and stepson of Neeraj Ahuja, lives in a family that heavily relies on the income of Neeraj’s daughter, Zara Ahuja—a popular child actress starring in the teleseries Bittu. When Zara is hired by a property developer in Madh Island to feature in an advertisement, she and Mukul both sneak out of their villa the night before the shoot and coincidentally end up at the same party. There, a public altercation breaks out between them before they leave separately.

Mukul makes it back home, but Zara goes missing. Her body is later discovered in the sea, bearing acid burns on her face. With circumstantial evidence stacked against Mukul, he is arrested and sent to a juvenile observation home. Lekha, the prosecutor representing the State of Maharashtra, appears strongly biased toward proving Mukul’s guilt. In contrast, Zara’s parents hire defense attorney Madhav Mishra to represent Mukul. However, Mukul is skeptical of his lawyer’s abilities and begins seeking his own way out of the dire situation.