History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c62.377

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²¹³ गृहे तु मुषितं राजा चौरग्राहैस्तु दापयेत् । आरक्षांश्च दिक्पालान् यदि चौरो न लभ्यते ॥ ग्रामान्तरे हृतं द्रव्यं ग्रामाध्यक्षं प्रदापयेत् । विवीते स्वामिना देयं चोरोद्धर्त्तानिवीतके ॥ कात्यायन quoted by अपरार्क p. 844. Vide 'Selections from Peshwa Daftar' vol. 43 p. 131 (No 166) for a comparatively recent (18th century) instance of a village (Pāṭas in this case) being held responsible collectively for a theft.