An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the Criminal Procedure.
PART I - PRELIMINARY
CHAPTER V - OF ARREST, ESCAPE AND RETAKING
A.—Arrest generally
50. The person arrested shall not be subjected to more restraint than is necessary to prevent his escape.
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the Criminal Procedure.
PART VI - PROCEEDINGS IN PROSECUTIONS
CHAPTER XXIV - GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO INQUIRIES AND TRIALS
343. Except as provided in sections 337 and 338, no influence, by means of any promise or threat or otherwise, shall be used to an accused person to induce him to disclose or withhold any matter within his knowledge.
PART II: FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF STATE POLICY
31. Right to protection of law
To enjoy the protection of the law, and to be treated in accordance with law, and only in accordance with law, is the inalienable right of every citizen, wherever he may be, and of every other person for the time being within Bangladesh, and in particular no action detrimental to the life, liberty, body, reputation or property of any person shall be taken except in accordance with law .
PART II: FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF STATE POLICY
35. Protection in respect of trial and punishment
No person shall be convicted of 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 No person shall be prosecuted and punished for the same offence more than once.
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. No person shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman, or degrading punishment or treatment .Nothing in clause (3) or clause (5) shall affect the operation of any existing law which prescribes any punishment or procedure for trial.
1. In respect of an investigation under this Statute, a person:
(b) Shall not be subjected to any form of coercion, duress or threat, to torture or to any other form of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;