A murderer commits murder of a person whom he hates with great prejudice, bias, aversion (Dvesh) etc. and thereby he cuts and takes away a man's life. The magistrate orders him to be hanged to death and thereby he also cuts and takes away a man's (the murderer's) life. The effect of the Kriyaman Karmas of cutting, reducing or taking a man's life in the case of both the murderer and the Magistrate is the same. However, the Kriyaman Karma of the murderer will be added in his Sanchit Karma for his next birth or births because his action is propelled and motivated by his aversion (Dvesh), hatred, prejudice etc. for the murdered person. While the magistrate has han.ged the murderer to death without any bias in mind, hatred, prejudice, dislike or aversion for the murderer, he has simply acted only as a part of his duty within the limits of law and hence his Kriyaman Karma will not be added in his Sanchit Karma for his subsequent birth or births.