Police in the capital made no arrest under section 54 in the last 48 hours after the country's top court upheld a High Court verdict against arbitrary

The shocking death of private university student Shamim Reza Rubel in police custody 18 years ago had triggered a storm of protest in the country, prompting some rights bodies to launch a legal battle against police's discretionary power to pick up people on suspicion and torture of arrestees in remand.