10-year-old Rape Accused
HC directs govt to produce boy
The High Court (HC) has directed the government to produce an around 10-year-old boy, who has been reportedly kept detained in a safe home in Gazipur in connection with a rape case, before it on July 18 to examine the legality of his detention.
A report published on Bangla daily Jugantor on July 4 states that the child was arrested on June 17 in connection with the rape case filed with Begumganj Police Station under Nari-o-Shishu Nirjaton Domon Ain, 2000.
Police sent him to National Juvenile Development Centre in Gazipur on June 27, the report said.
In response to a writ petition, the HC on Monday also issued a rule upon the government officials concerned as to why the child's detention should not be declared illegal as he is aged below 12 years and has not attained sufficient maturity to judge the nature and consequence of his conduct.
Sultana Kamal, executive director of Ain O Salish Kendra, has filed the petition as a public interest litigation saying that the detention of the boy is illegal as he, being a child, cannot be implicated and detained in any case as per relevant laws and rules.
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