Pankaj Tripathi will reprise his role as lawyer Madhav Mishra in the fourth season of Disney+ Hotstar’s legal-drama series Criminal Justice, the streamer announced on Friday alongside a video featuring the actor.

“Court jaari hai, aur naye season ki taiyyari bhi. Aa rahe hai Madhav Mishra, #HotstarSpecials #CriminalJustice ke naye season ke saath (The court is in session, and preparations for the new season are also underway. Madhav Mishra is coming back with the new season of #HotstarSpecials #CriminalJustice),” Disney+ Hotstar captioned the video shared on X (formerly Twitter).

The video begins with Pankaj’s street-smart advocate Madhav Mishra arguing in front of the judge in a courtroom. He asks the cameraperson recording the video to leave the premises as he is disrupting the session. However, before he leaves, Pankaj interrupts and tells him that he will be back with a new season of the courtroom drama soon.

Adapted from the 2008 British series of the same name created by Peter Moffat, Criminal Justice first started in 2019, followed by 2020’s Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors and 2022’s Criminal Justice: Adhura Sach.

The first season followed Aditya Sharma (Vikrant Massey), a cab driver who gets entangled in a nightmarish journey after a one-night stand leads to the murder of his passenger. He wakes up covered in blood with no memory of the previous night and finds himself accused of the crime. As the legal battle unfolds, Madhav Mishra, a small-time but sharp lawyer, takes Aditya’s case. The show delves into the intricacies of the criminal justice system, exploring themes of innocence, guilt, and the quest for justice.

Pankaj was last seen in Homi Adajania’s Netflix thriller Murder Mubarak alongside Sara Ali Khan, Vijay Varma, Karisma Kapoor and Sanjay Kapoor. He will be next seen in the upcoming third season of Mirzapur on Prime Video.