Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c8.s5.26

c8.s5.26

If the clerks of the court omitted or perverted statements, or rendered them ambiguous, or displayed negligence in their tasks, they were brought to book. So too, the jail officers, who were guilty of inhumanity or remissness, felt the heavy hand of the law. If they let out the prisoners on trial, maltreated or tortured their wards, or received bribes from them, or outraged their female wards, they were severely punished.¹