The High Court issued a full verdict on the introduction of biometric data system in all police stations and jails across the country to identify genuine prisoners through finger and palm prints and retina scanning.
On Tuesday (July 5th), after the signature of Justice M. Inayetur Rahim and Justice Md. Mostafizur Rahman, the court gave three directives to the Home Ministry in a 6-page verdict. These are: 1. Introduction of biometric system in all police stations with existing system through scanning of fingerprints and eyeballs of the accused. 2. Taking Mugshot photographs of the accused after arrest and store in the central database (integrated). And 3. Introducing biometric data storage system in all prisons of the country through finger and palm print, and retina scan preservation.
Earlier, on September 9, 2021, the High Court directed to introduce biometric data system in all police stations and jails of the country through finger and palm print and retina scanning to identify real prisoners. Following the hearing of the rule issued in the context of the writ, the High Court bench Justice M. Inayetur Rahim and Justice Md. Mostafizur Rahman pronounced the verdict. Besides, the High Court declared the warrant issued against Zaheer Uddin, the wrong accused in the case, illegal and extra judicial.
It may be noted that, after hearing a petition, the High Court had issued a rule against the warrant issued against a person named Zaheer Uddin. On June 28, the High Court issued a rule asking why all the prisons in the country should not be instructed to introduce biometric data system through fingerprint and Irish scanning to identify prisoners. The High Court bench of Justice Jahangir Hossain and Justice Md. Ataur Rahman issued the rule while hearing a petition in this regard. The Secretaries of the Home Ministry and the Ministry of Law and the Inspector General of Prisons were asked to respond to the rule within two weeks in this connection.