Mughal Administration c10.s6.22

c10.s6.22

is not legally due, then chastise (*tazir*) him. But if he repeats the offence, then after *tazir* keep him in prison till he repents. If he is not cured by *tazir* and imprisonment, but commits theft again, then sentence him to long-term imprisonment or *siasat* and execution, and restore the stolen property to the owner, after legal proof of ownership, if he be present. Otherwise, deposit the property in trust (*āmanat*) in the *Bait-ul-māl*.