Kautilya's Arthashastra 4.12.40

4.12.40

na cottamāṃ na cākāmāṃ pūrvāpatyavatīṃ na ca /
īdṛśīṃ tv anurūpeṇa niṣkrayeṇāpavāhayet //E

But no such women as have been cast out under royal edict, or by their own kinsmen; nor such as belong to high caste, or do not like to be rescued, nor even those who have children shall be rescued either for ransom or for their person.