Dhaka: The Special Metropolitan Magistrate of Dhaka Metropolitan Police disposed of 2,273 criminal cases and 1,778 traffic cases in February this year through summary trials. A total of 3,706 people were arrested and produced before the summary courts, with 2,113 individuals receiving different jail terms.
According to United News of Bangladesh, Law Official (District Judge) Mohammad Ataul Haque stated that the arrests were made by DMP divisions including Motijheel, Tejgaon, Wari, Gulshan, Mirpur, Ramna, Lalbagh, and Uttara during February. The court imposed fines totaling Tk 2,32,950 in criminal cases and sentenced 2,113 individuals to various terms of imprisonment.
In the realm of traffic cases, police filed 1,833 cases in February. The magistrate managed to dispose of 1,778 cases, which included 359 pending cases, and imposed fines amounting to Tk 6,44,400 on the offenders.
It is notable that minor offences and cases with lighter punishment can be tried under summary procedure at the Special Metropolitan Magistrate Court as per the Code of Criminal Procedure.