CBSE Class 8 Answered

A judge has to play the following roles:

• To conduct the trial impartially and in an open court.
• To look at all the evidence and hear witnesses presented by the prosecution and the defence.
• To decide whether the accused is guilty or innocent on the basis of the evidence presented to him and in accordance with the law.
• If the accused is found guilty, then the judge has to convict and sentence the person in accordance with the law.
• A judge may sentence the person depending on what the law prescribes, i.e. either jail or impose a fine or both.