Capital punishment in Bangladesh is a legal form of punishment
for anyone over the age of 16, but in practice is not applied to
those under 18.The death penalty may be used as a punishment
for crimes such as murder, sedition offenses related to possession
of or trafficking in drugs, offenses related to trafficking in human
beings, treason, military crimes, rape, hijacking planes, sabotage,
or terrorism. It is carried out by hanging and firing squad, although
the latter method has been contested since 1998.There are over
1,000 people reported to be on death row. In November
2013,Dhaka metropolitan court sentenced 152 people to death for
their role in the 2009 Bangladesh rifles revolt.
HISTORY ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN BANGLADESH …show more content…
During his reign, capital punishment was banned.
However, this all changed after his reign ended and by the end of the
15th century BC the states that made up India were wrought with warfare and
intrigue and capital punishment was extremely common. During the
Moghul era in the early 16th century, capital punishment was retained as the
highest form of punishment and connected with class and caste. It took
nearly three decades to give final shape to the codification of
criminal law in British India. This codification is the result of the
strenuous effort of two law commissions. The first of the
commissions was established in 1837 in India and was led by
Thomas Babington Macaulay. The second Commission was
established in England in 1853. One of the controversial issues
during the period was the separate dispensation provided to
European subjects in India and the Indians. They came under the
jurisdiction of separate sets of courts and laws.
BANGLADESH POLICIES TOWARDS CAPITAL
PUNISHMENT
A broad range of crimes is currently subject to the death penalty.
These include crimes set out in the Penal Code 1860, such …show more content…
These include non-lethal crimes such as
counterfeiting and smuggling, as well as less serious crimes such as
kidnapping. This practice runs counter to both the ICCPR and the
HRC’s directives on the issue, which mandates that the death
penalty be applied only for the most serious lethal crimes.
*The standard police practice of arresting whomever is accused on
the First Information Report, filed by the complainant, facilitates the
use of the justice system as a form of popular justice in which
neighbors retaliate for private disputes via the justice system.
*The ability of officers to arrest individuals suspected of so-called cognizable
offences without a warrant violates the right not to be subjected to
arbitrary arrest and detention. Section 54 of the Criminal Procedure
Codes, which delineates the broad and vague grounds on which an
officer may make an arrest without a warrant, has opened the door to
abuse of police power that even the Supreme Court of Bangladesh
has condemned. Section 61 of the Code, which provides for the
infamous remand process, has been widely documented to facilitate
torture and abuse of suspects while in police custody, often in
for anyone over the age of 16, but in practice is not applied to
those under 18.The death penalty may be used as a punishment
for crimes such as murder, sedition offenses related to possession
of or trafficking in drugs, offenses related to trafficking in human
beings, treason, military crimes, rape, hijacking planes, sabotage,
or terrorism. It is carried out by hanging and firing squad, although
the latter method has been contested since 1998.There are over
1,000 people reported to be on death row. In November
2013,Dhaka metropolitan court sentenced 152 people to death for
their role in the 2009 Bangladesh rifles revolt.
HISTORY ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN BANGLADESH …show more content…
During his reign, capital punishment was banned.
However, this all changed after his reign ended and by the end of the
15th century BC the states that made up India were wrought with warfare and
intrigue and capital punishment was extremely common. During the
Moghul era in the early 16th century, capital punishment was retained as the
highest form of punishment and connected with class and caste. It took
nearly three decades to give final shape to the codification of
criminal law in British India. This codification is the result of the
strenuous effort of two law commissions. The first of the
commissions was established in 1837 in India and was led by
Thomas Babington Macaulay. The second Commission was
established in England in 1853. One of the controversial issues
during the period was the separate dispensation provided to
European subjects in India and the Indians. They came under the
jurisdiction of separate sets of courts and laws.
BANGLADESH POLICIES TOWARDS CAPITAL
PUNISHMENT
A broad range of crimes is currently subject to the death penalty.
These include crimes set out in the Penal Code 1860, such …show more content…
These include non-lethal crimes such as
counterfeiting and smuggling, as well as less serious crimes such as
kidnapping. This practice runs counter to both the ICCPR and the
HRC’s directives on the issue, which mandates that the death
penalty be applied only for the most serious lethal crimes.
*The standard police practice of arresting whomever is accused on
the First Information Report, filed by the complainant, facilitates the
use of the justice system as a form of popular justice in which
neighbors retaliate for private disputes via the justice system.
*The ability of officers to arrest individuals suspected of so-called cognizable
offences without a warrant violates the right not to be subjected to
arbitrary arrest and detention. Section 54 of the Criminal Procedure
Codes, which delineates the broad and vague grounds on which an
officer may make an arrest without a warrant, has opened the door to
abuse of police power that even the Supreme Court of Bangladesh
has condemned. Section 61 of the Code, which provides for the
infamous remand process, has been widely documented to facilitate
torture and abuse of suspects while in police custody, often in