The Indian criminal justice system (after 1973, as followed by its Code of Criminal Procedure) has mainly focused on victims for over 150 years. It takes a shift and treats the victim of a crime as a witness rather than an individual who has rights or interests of their own. The Code of Criminal Procedure was abolished on July 1, 2024. It is clear that this is a definitive shift toward a criminal justice system that would promote victim support. It is hoped that, besides observing the way victims were overlooked in the ailing CrPC system, it will explore what makes the legal system more responsive and why this is important.The paper then considers the victim-focused policies that have been passed or amended in relation to the BNSS. These would include the ‘right to information’; ‘the right to be heard before criminal proceedings could end’; the ‘right to make a recovery’; ‘the right to a hearing by a tribunal or a public hearing board’; ‘the right to have representation before prosecution takes place’; and, specifically, the right of the victim to appeal. Moreover, the paper looks at these legislative changes under consideration through reductive judicial findings and contested judgments over decades in the cases in question.An in-depth review is then given to assess the absence of law-enforcement support for victim-friendly justice with regard to the difficulties of implementation and impact. Then we examine findings and propose a reform review. The paper also shows that BNSS consists of both better mechanisms for protecting victim rights than its predecessor because of their powerful legislative scope and not just how serious the victims' rights are but also by considering the lack of institutional capacity, financial and ongoing accountability to the system in practice.