For a person to be bound or confined was viewed as degrading. Such treatment insulted an individual before friends, family, and the general community ​ — whether he was convicted of a crime or not.
अशी वागणूक मिळणाऱ्‍या व्यक्‍तीला समाज पाण्यात पाहायचा, तिची थट्टा करायचा जेणेकरून तिचा मानसन्मान धुळीस मिळायचा.