United News of Bangladesh

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. Of them, 2,113 were given different jail terms. Law Official (District Judge) Mohammad Ataul Haque said the arrests were made by DMP divisions including Motijheel, Tejgaon, Wari, Gulshan, Mirpur, Ramna, Lalbagh and Uttara during February. The court fined the accused a total of Tk 2,32,950 in criminal cases and sentenced to different terms of imprisonment to 2,113 people. In traffic cases, police filed 1,833 cases in February. The magistrate disposed of 1,778 cases, including 359 pending cases, and fined offenders Tk 6,44,400. 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.