| Applications received and approved by DLAC in 2012 - Criminal only | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of applications received | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| From Prisons | From Court | Other sources | Total applications | Number of applications approved | Proportion of applications approved | ||||||||||||||||||
| Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Total | Women | Men | Total | ||||||||||||
| 8 | 95 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 8 | 58 | 133 | 191 | 58 | 133 | 191 | 100.00% | |||||||||||
| Practitioner Survey Q 9 - 15, Bar Association (N:1) | Answer | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| What is the average time between entering a plea and starting a trial? | 6-7 months | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| What percent of accused persons are women? | 20% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| What are the main offences for which women face trial? | Drug related offences | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| What proportion of trials are concluded by way of guilty plea? | Not even a single (sic) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| What proportion of cases end in conviction? | 10% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| What proportion of cases are compoundable? | 5% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| What proportion of cases end in settlement? | 2% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| What is the main challenge legal practitioners face in criminal proceedings? | Non-appearance of witness | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Among respondents who had ever been arrested | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q 514. When did you first see a lawyer? | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Never | before arrest | within the first 24 hours | within three days | within a week | within a month | I don't remember | Total | ||||||||||||||||
| % | n | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Female | 100 | 100 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Male | 5.9 | 11.8 | 5.9 | 41.2 | 11.8 | 17.6 | 5.9 | 100 | 17 | ||||||||||||||
| Legal aid by Bangladesh Legal Aid and Servcies Trust (2012) Civil + Criminal | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Applications Received | Settled Mediations | Filed Cases | COURT DISPOSED CASES | Total Disposed Cases | |||||||||||||||||||
| Favour | Compromise | Against | Default | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Women | Men | Total | Women | Men | Total | Women | Men | Total | Women | Men | Total | Women | Men | Total | Women | Men | Total | Women | Men | Total | Women | Men | Total |
| 564 | 63 | 627 | 168 | 11 | 179 | 257 | 25 | 282 | 92 | 9 | 101 | 35 | 1 | 36 | 71 | 12 | 83 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 223 | 22 | 245 |
| PS Survey, Judiciary Q 8 - 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| What proportion of accused are represented by a lawyer at trial | Most | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| What proportion of trials end in a Guilty plea in Sessions Court? | Very few | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PS Survey, Magistracy Q 5 - 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| What proportion of accused are represented by a lawyer at trial | Most | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| What proportion of accused are women? | 5-10% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| What is the main offence for which women face trial? | Under the sections- 406, 420, 379, 323, 326, 307, 302 of the Penal Code. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PS Survey, Court Clerks Q 6 - 8 (N: 8 clerks from CJM and DSC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| What proportion of accused are represented by a lawyer at trial | Most | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| What proportion of accused are women? | Very few | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| What is the main offence for which women face trial? | Narcotics | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PS Survey, Lawyers at Court Q 9 - 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| What proportion of accused are represented by a lawyer at trial | All | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| What proportion of accused are women? | Less than 10% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| What is the main offence for which women face trial? | I don't know | ||||||||||||||||||||||