The InternationalCovenant on Civil and Political Rights: A Study on Bangladesh Compliance be convicted to any offence except for violation of a law in force at the time of the commission of the act charged as an offence, nor be subjected to a penalty greater than, or different from that which might have been inflicted under the law in force at the time of the commission of the offence”. The same Article prohibits double jeopardy. Besides, the Constitution guarantees that every person accused of a criminal offence shall have the right to a speedy and public trial by an independent and impartial court or tribunal established by law; no person accused of any offence shall be compelled to be a witness against himself; and no person shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman, or degrading punishment or treatment. So far as the trial of the juveniles is concerned, the Children Act 1974 categorically prohibits the trial of juveniles with adults. In the case of State-Vs.-Deputy Commissioner, Satkhira and others, a Division Bench of the High Court Division held that “no child is to be charged with or tried for any offence together with an adult. The Child must be tried in the Juvenile Court and not in the ordinary Court”.38 Similarly, in the case of Shiplu and another –Vs.- The State, it has been held that any order of conviction and sentence passed by the Trial Court not being a Juvenile Court in respect of an accused below the age of 16 years is liable to be set aside for want of 38 Reported in 45 DLR (HCD) 643. Reported in 49 DLR (HCD) 53. 40 See, Article 8 (1) of the Constitution. 39 39