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Kautilya's Arthashastra 4.9.19

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 4.9.19

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Sanskrit

4.9.19

śarīradaṇḍaṃ kṣipati śārīram eva daṇḍaṃ bhajeta, niṣkrayadviguṇaṃ vā //

When a judge or commissioner imposes an unjust corporeal punishment, he shall himself be either condemned to the same punishment or made to pay twice the amount of ransom leviable for that kind of injustice.

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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