[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924) › c29.23 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c29.23 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c29.23 - **Language:** English ### [c29.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c29.23) "The stages in this complicated procedure are eight in number, namely:— 1 Arrest and production of prisoner before the 'rulers;' 2 Enquiry by the \*Winichchhiya mahāmattā\*. 3 Do. do. \*Wohārikā\* 4 Do. do. \*Suttadharā\*; 5 Do. do. \*Aṭṭhakulakā\*; 6 Production before the \*Senāpati\*; 7 Do. do. \*Uparājā\*. 8 Final judgment by the \*Rājā\*, who is bound to follow fixed written rules in awarding the penalty. - [Previous: c29.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c29.22) - [Next: c29.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c29.24) - [Up: c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c29) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c29.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c29.23) · Pramāṇa