• Muhammad Shahid Mozahar Hossan, PhD

It is the duty of the State to protect fundamental rights of the citizens as well as the right to property. The State has constituted the criminal justice system to protect the rights of the innocent and punish the guilty. The system devised more than a century back, has become ineffective; a large number of guilty go unpunished in a large number of cases; the system takes years to bring the guilty to justice; and has ceased to deter criminals. Crime is increasing rapidly everyday and types of crimes are proliferating. The citizens live in constant fear. It is therefore that on reforms of Criminal Justice system to make a comprehensive examination of all the functionaries of the Criminal Justice System, the fundamental principles and the relevant laws. The study is mainly documentary analysis; secondary data has been used in the study. An important object of the criminal justice system is to ensure justice to the victims, yet has not been given any substantial right, not even to participate in the criminal proceedings. It is felt that the system must focus on justice to victims. A separate wing of investigation with clear mandate that it is accountable only to Rule of Law is the need of the day. Some of the good features of the Inquisitorial system can be adopted to strengthen the Adversarial System and to make it more effective. To improve the quality of justice only those who have expertise in criminal work should be appointed and posted to benches to deal elusively with criminal work. As the available expertise at all levels is found to be woefully inadequate, intensive training including practical programme should be devised and all the Judges given training not only at the induction time but also in service at frequent intervals. There is no death of witnesses who come to the Courts and give false evidence with impunity. This is a major cause of the failure of the system. The procedure prescribe taking action against perjury is as cum some as it is unsatisfactory. Many witnesses give false evidence either because of inducement or because of the threats to him o family members. There is no law to give protection to the witnesses subject to such threats, similar to witness protection laws available in other countries. Sentencing practice is not up to date and is against human rights so there should be changed in the system. Lack of ICT based system of case procedure management delay the Criminal Justice System of Bangladesh. One of the strategic priorities should be introduced ICT-based system of case procedure management, which will make its functions more efficient and increase transparency and accountability. For example, gradual transformation to audio-visual evidence, which can be easily captured, will make the process faster and authentic.

Prosecutor, Criminal Justice, Law, Bangladesh

"Role of Prosecutor in the Criminal Justice System of Bangladesh", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 11, page no.b597-b616, November-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2111175.pdf

"Role of Prosecutor in the Criminal Justice System of Bangladesh", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 11, page no. ppb597-b616, November-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2111175.pdf