Indeed, hanging the body of such an executed individual on a stake or a tree served as a warning to others. Many scholars agree that under the Law, a criminal was executed before his body was hung on a stake.
खरे पाहिल्यास, मृत्यूदंड झालेल्या व्यक्‍तीचा मृतदेह स्तंभावर किंवा झाडावर टांगलेला पाहून इतरांना चेतावणी मिळायची.