Though the Peshwa is determined not to hand over Manu to the British, Moropant brings her to the durbar and lets Commissioner Wilson arrest her for an interrogation. Moropant's selfless gesture for the sake of the peshwaship's stability attracts the gratefulness of pro-Peshwa forces. Taken to a dungeon by the British, Manu witnesses the British brutalities on Indian inmates. As Geoff Gordon is about to whip her, Captain Manson stops him and says that only the law has the right to punish her.