Manusmriti
असम्भाष्ये साक्षिभिश्च देशे सम्भाषते मिथः । निरुच्यमानं प्रश्नं च नेच्छेद् यश्चापि निष्पतेत् ॥ ५५ ॥
Or who converses with the witnesses in a place improper for such conversation; or who declines to answer a question, properly put, or leaves (the court);
english translation
asambhASye sAkSibhizca deze sambhASate mithaH । nirucyamAnaM praznaM ca necched yazcApi niSpatet ॥ 55 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptअसम्भाष्ये साक्षिभिश्च देशे सम्भाषते मिथः । निरुच्यमानं प्रश्नं च नेच्छेद् यश्चापि निष्पतेत् ॥ ५५ ॥
Or who converses with the witnesses in a place improper for such conversation; or who declines to answer a question, properly put, or leaves (the court);
english translation
asambhASye sAkSibhizca deze sambhASate mithaH । nirucyamAnaM praznaM ca necched yazcApi niSpatet ॥ 55 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript