Analysis of Decisions of the Higher Judiciary on Arrest and Detention in Bangladesh - A Police officer shall disclose his identity and if demanded, shall show his identity card to the person arrested and to the persons present at the time of arrest. - He shall record the reasons for the arrest and other particulars in a separate register till a special diary is prescribed. - A police officer shall furnish reasons of arrest to the detained person within three hours of bringing him to the police station. - An arrested person should be allowed to consult a lawyer of his choice or meet his relatives. - If a police officer finds any marks of injury on the person arrested, he shall record the reasons for such injury and shall take the person to the nearest hospital or Government doctor for treatment and shall obtain a certificate from the attending doctor. - If the person is not arrested from his residence or place of business he shall inform a relation of the person over the phone, or through a messenger, within one hour of bringing him to the police station. Guidelines on Accountability of Police Officers - When a detained person is produced before the nearest Magistrate under section 61, the police officer shall state in his forwarding letter under section 167 (1) of the Code as to why the investigation could not be 37