History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.372

History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.372

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v4.c63.372

The benefit of doubt is to be given, according to modern ideas on the administration of justice, to the accused. This principle was put forward several centuries before Christ by Āp. Dh. S. II. 5. 11. 2 'the king should not punish when there is a doubt' (about a man's guilt⁵⁶⁰).

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Āpastambadharmasūtra — Āpastamba, Sanskrit