[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) › c29.25 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c29.25 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c29.25 - **Language:** English ### [c29.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c29.25) 1. The accused person is arrested, and sent to the lock-up; 2. He is watched, treated kindly, and mildly interrogated; 3. He is subjected to a mild but minute interrogation called \*Jusdi\* and his answers are noted down; 4. He is examined more strictly and whipped at intervals; this is called \*Tchra-di\*; 5. If he makes any kind of confession, true or false, he is subjected to further prolonged examination, repeated whippings, and cruel tortures of various kinds; 6. If the case is serious and the Government becomes a party, he is taken to the Kalons or Ministers' Court; 7. This Court suggests to the \*Gyal-tshab\* (Regent), which is the highest Court of of the gaṇa as mentioned in the Mahā-Bhārata.¹ The Lichchhavi procedure was based on rules which were normally common to gaṇas. - [Previous: c29.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c29.24) - [Next: c29.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c29.26) - [Up: c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c29) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c29.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c29.25) · Pramāṇa