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Navigating Criminal Liability and Trial Procedure in Dissociative Identity Disorder: Framework and Proposals for Bangladesh

Sayı: 2 30 Eylül 2025
  • Md. Ashifuzzaman Anik *
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Navigating Criminal Liability and Trial Procedure in Dissociative Identity Disorder: Framework and Proposals for Bangladesh

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Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) poses unique challenges to the traditional criminal jurisprudence both from the substantive and procedural dimensions. The legal literature in Bangladesh has been quite silent, if not nonchalant, in addressing this issue of concern. The paper aims at bridging the gap between the existing penal laws of Bangladesh and DID patients as far as their criminal liability is concerned. It begins with shedding light on DID and the interplay between personalities living inside. Afterwards, it establishes the personhood of alter personalities through a right-duty-based analysis. Unlike other studies on this issue, it develops a new measurement framework of criminal liability for different DID conditions like mutual amnesic, unidirectional amnesic and co-conscious. Reflecting on the police interrogation phase and the evidentiary value of expert opinion, it suggests the trial procedure of DID patients in line with the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 (CrPC 1898). Finally, it highlights an optimal outcome of such cases premised on reformative theory and recommends a few amendments in the legal architecture. This paper concludes by pointing out some recommendations for amendments that, when viewed through the lens of DID, could be incorporated into our corpus juris to address the existing lacuna in this area.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Etik Beyan

Derived from the paper presented at NSU Undergraduate Law Research Symposium Spring 2024.

Kaynakça

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  4. Badsha Mia. “Custodial Torture: Laws and Practice in Bangladesh.” ERJSSH 2, no. 2 (2020): 232, 241.
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  6. Contract Act, 1872, s. 2.
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  8. Haider (Md) Masud v. Md Golam Ambia (Harun), (2015) 67 DLR 395.

Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Ceza Hukuku, Ceza Muhakemeleri Usulü

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yazarlar

Md. Ashifuzzaman Anik * Bu kişi benim
0009-0008-8463-7944
Bangladesh

Yayımlanma Tarihi

30 Eylül 2025

Gönderilme Tarihi

15 Mayıs 2025

Kabul Tarihi

2 Eylül 2025

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2025 Sayı: 2

Kaynak Göster

APA
Anik, M. A. (2025). Navigating Criminal Liability and Trial Procedure in Dissociative Identity Disorder: Framework and Proposals for Bangladesh. DiHA: Journal of Interdisciplinary Legal Studies, 2, 25-41. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17035098
AMA
1.Anik MA. Navigating Criminal Liability and Trial Procedure in Dissociative Identity Disorder: Framework and Proposals for Bangladesh. DiHA: Journal of Interdisciplinary Legal Studies. 2025;(2):25-41. doi:10.5281/zenodo.17035098
Chicago
Anik, Md. Ashifuzzaman. 2025. “Navigating Criminal Liability and Trial Procedure in Dissociative Identity Disorder: Framework and Proposals for Bangladesh”. DiHA: Journal of Interdisciplinary Legal Studies, sy 2: 25-41. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17035098.
EndNote
Anik MA (01 Eylül 2025) Navigating Criminal Liability and Trial Procedure in Dissociative Identity Disorder: Framework and Proposals for Bangladesh. DiHA: Journal of Interdisciplinary Legal Studies 2 25–41.
IEEE
[1]M. A. Anik, “Navigating Criminal Liability and Trial Procedure in Dissociative Identity Disorder: Framework and Proposals for Bangladesh”, DiHA: Journal of Interdisciplinary Legal Studies, sy 2, ss. 25–41, Eyl. 2025, doi: 10.5281/zenodo.17035098.
ISNAD
Anik, Md. Ashifuzzaman. “Navigating Criminal Liability and Trial Procedure in Dissociative Identity Disorder: Framework and Proposals for Bangladesh”. DiHA: Journal of Interdisciplinary Legal Studies. 2 (01 Eylül 2025): 25-41. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17035098.
JAMA
1.Anik MA. Navigating Criminal Liability and Trial Procedure in Dissociative Identity Disorder: Framework and Proposals for Bangladesh. DiHA: Journal of Interdisciplinary Legal Studies. 2025;:25–41.
MLA
Anik, Md. Ashifuzzaman. “Navigating Criminal Liability and Trial Procedure in Dissociative Identity Disorder: Framework and Proposals for Bangladesh”. DiHA: Journal of Interdisciplinary Legal Studies, sy 2, Eylül 2025, ss. 25-41, doi:10.5281/zenodo.17035098.
Vancouver
1.Md. Ashifuzzaman Anik. Navigating Criminal Liability and Trial Procedure in Dissociative Identity Disorder: Framework and Proposals for Bangladesh. DiHA: Journal of Interdisciplinary Legal Studies. 01 Eylül 2025;(2):25-41. doi:10.5281/zenodo.17035098