Bangladesh, judicial invocation of human rights norms is also increasingly gaining ground as an instrument of filling the inadequacies in domestic law on human rights norms, as well as an interpretative tool of domestic laws or fundamental rights under the Constitution. - Allowing Public Interest Litigation (PIL) as a means of protection of collective rights of poor and underprivileged groups of people.3 Over the last decade, the judiciary of Bangladesh has allowed PIL in a significant number of cases involving wide ranging issues of collective interest, to bring justice and ensure fundamental rights to underprivileged sections of the society. The aim of this study is to analyse the past decisions of higher judiciary in the field of arrest, detention and torture. Methodology of the Study This study is based on an analytical approach and critical appraisal of judicial decisions of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. For the purpose of the study, relevant judicial decisions have been collected from various sources and analysed to identify the main trends on the issue. The study has also reviewed the existing legal framework on arrest, detention and torture under both national and international law. 3 18 See, Jeremy Cooper, ‘Public Interest Law Revisited’, Bangladesh Journal of Law, Vol. 2, No.1, (1998), pp. 1- 25.