Analysis of Decisions of the Higher Judiciary on Arrest and Detention in Bangladesh - If the Magistrate authorizes detention in police custody he shall follow the recommendation contained in recommendation B(2)(c)(d) and B(3)(b)(c)(d). - The police officer of the police station who arrests a person under Section 54 or the Investigating officer who takes a person in police custody or the jailor of the jail as the case may be, shall at once inform the nearest Magistrate as recommended in recommendation B(3)(e) of the death of any person who dies in custody. - A Magistrate shall inquire into the death of a person in police custody or in jail immediately after receiving information of such death. The court directed the Government to implement the recommendations made above within six months from the date of the judgment. This judgment made detailed recommendations for the necessary amendments to the relevant sections of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, the Penal Code, 1860 and the Evidence Act, 1908 to ensure that the directions, guidelines and safeguards enunciated in the judgment are strictly followed as a matter of law. The judgment made a total of seven sets of recommendations In Saifuzzaman V State22, the High Court Division took notice of the severe violation of the fundamental rights of the 22 56 DLR 324. 39

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