context: The penalty for an offence was determined according to two factors: The local magistrate acted as examiner and sometimes as investigator, but his final role in legal cases was to determine the proper penalty for the offense that had been committed: he had to fix the nature of the offense as defined by the code, and to increase or reduce the associated penalty depending on the social relation between offender and victim.
source: While questioning a witness, the magistrate would look closely for five kinds of behavior: the person's statements, expression, breathing, reaction to the words of the judge, and eyes.
reference_original: एक गवाह से पूछताछ करते समय, मजिस्ट्रेट पाँच प्रकार के व्यवहार के लिए बारीकी से देखते थे: व्यक्ति के बयान, अभिव्यक्ति, श्वास, न्यायाधीश के शब्दों पर प्रतिक्रिया और आँखें।
reference_flipped: एक गवाह से पूछताछ करते समय, मजिस्ट्रेट पाँच प्रकार के व्यवहार के लिए बारीकी से देखती थीं: व्यक्ति के बयान, अभिव्यक्ति, श्वास, न्यायाधीश के शब्दों पर प्रतिक्रिया और आँखें।