Kautilya's Arthashastra 5.1.45

5.1.45

yeṣāṃ vā dūṣyāṇāṃ jātamūlāḥ kalahās teṣāṃ kṣetrakhalaveśmāny ādīpayitvā bandhusaṃbandhiṣu vāhaneṣu vā tīkṣṇāḥ śastraṃ pātayitvā tathaiva brūyuḥ "amunā prayuktāḥ smaḥ" iti //

When there arises a quarrel among seditious persons, fiery spies may set fire to their fields, harvest-grounds, and houses, hurl weapons on their relatives, friends and beasts of burden, and say that they did so at the instigation of the seditious; and for this offence others may be punished.