परस्पराभियोगे चैषामुत्तमाः परोक्ता दशबन्धं दद्युः अवराः पञ्चबन्धम् । इति साक्ष्यधिकारः ॥ कZ_०३.११.३३ ॥
parasparābhiyoge caiṣām uttamāḥ paroktā daśabandhaṃ dadyuḥ avarāḥ pañcabandham | iti sākṣyadhikāraḥ
And when these persons accuse one another, the higher among them shall pay the previously stated tenfold security/forfeit, while the lower shall pay fivefold. Thus ends the section on witnesses.
Graduated financial risk discourages strategic accusations and forces parties to internalize the cost of abusing process, calibrated by status/expected capacity.