treated with humanity and with respect for inherent dignity of the human person. Sub-section (2)(b) also provides that juveniles be separated from adults, a provision covered by the Children Act, 1974. Article 10 (3) of the ICCPR also stipulates that the main aim of the penitentiary system shall be the reformation and social rehabilitation of prisoners. On April 9, 2003, a High Court bench of Justice Amirul Kabir Chowdhury and Justice Nijamul Haque Nasim delivered a verdict, detailing a seven-point directive for the government in this regard. The court directed that no juvenile accused should be kept in jail and child inmates should be transferred to correction homes and other designated shelters from jails with utmost expedition. However, as prisons witnessed a gradual increase in the number of juvenile inmates, the High Court on March 4, 2007 issued a fresh suo moto rule on the government to explain why necessary action should not be taken against it for keeping children in jails in violation of the High Court’s verdict delivered on April 9, 2003. An official of the task force said, the number of children in jails increased by 42 in a month after the High Court issued a fresh order on March 4, 2007. The Constitution does prohibit torture or other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment in Article 35. However, the wording of Article 10 of the ICCPR seems to 65 Anonymous, “Comparison between the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,” 20. 66 Ibid. 54