Analysis of Decisions of the Higher Judiciary on Arrest and Detention in Bangladesh Although Bangladesh ratified the Convention against torture, it has failed to adopt the legislation necessary to implement the same. Judicial decisions on Arrest, Detention and Torture Despite the legal and constitutional provisions against arbitrary arrest and detention, the practice of arbitrary arrest, detention and torture is rampant in Bangladesh. Fortunately, the higher judiciary in Bangladesh has taken a proactive stand in prevention of arbitrary arrest and detention and protection of people from torture. The most important judicial decision in this regard in recent years is BLAST vs. Bangladesh.10 In BLAST(Bangladesh legal Aid and Services Trust) vs. Bangladesh, Shamim Reza Rubel, a university student was picked up by the Detective Branch (DB) of the police on 23 July 1998 from in front of his house on Siddeswari Road in Dhaka at 4.30 p.m. and he was severely beaten. Shamim was pronounced dead at the emergency section of DMCH by doctors at 9-45 p. m. on the same day. He was brought by a group of plain clothes men who identified themselves as members of the DB. A hospital official said the dead body was not registered. The witnesses also said police were asking Shamim to say that he had illegal arms in his possession. The killing of Shamim by the DB of the police 10 55 DLR (HCD) (2003) 363 27