In order to be judicial, a proceeding must relate in some way to the administration of justice or the ascertainment of any right or liability and all proceedings of a judge are not necessarily judicial. Judicial proceeding includes any proceeding in the course of which evidence is or may be legally taken on oath. [Section 4(m) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Act V of 1898)]

Under Paragraph 962 of the Jail Code, a prisoner under 21 is considered as juvenile and such a prisoner should be kept separated from the adult prisoners. Under paragraph 963 of the Jail Code, the confinement of juvenile offenders in jail is objectionable for many reasons. - Prisons Act, 1894, Section 27(2) and Jail Code. [The State vs. Deputy Commissioner, Satkhira and others, 14 BLD (HCD) 266]

See, Abdur Rahman vs. The State (29 DLR) 256 SC, Aziza Khatun vs. The State (19 DLR) 355, Abu vs. The State 14 DLR 511

See Section 193 explanation of the Penal Code, 1860 (Act No. XLV of 1860); Section 16 of Act 24, 1870; Section 8 of Act 4, 1871; Section 69 of Act 8, 1873; Section 15 of Act 6, 1876; Section 37 of Act 2, 1886; Section 4 (m), the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Act V of 1898); Section 84(3) of Act 16, 1908.