The Victim & Witness Protection Law in Bangladesh: A Horizontal Thought
Dhaka, April 2 -- Bangladesh is a common law practicing country and we follow the adversarial legal system. Constitutionally and conventionally the long well established rule is "everyone is presumed innocent until and unless he is convicted beyond all reasonable doubts." The constitutional promise and fundamental rights of the accused provides in the Article 35(3) of our Constitution which states that "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." So the burden of proof is primarily upon the prosecution and victims. According to section 101 to 106 of the Evidence Act -1872, the burden of evidence can be shifted but initia...
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