Mughal Administration c10.s6.26

c10.s6.26

7. If an arrested thief speaks of his booty as lodged with another man, and it is discovered there, and the man is on investigation proved to be an accomplice of the thief,—then, in the case of this being the first offence of the accomplice, tazir him ; but if it be habitual with him then after tazir imprison him till he reforms. But if these do not reform him and he commits the offence again, keep him permanently in prison. Stolen property to be restored as in rule 3. Innocent purchasers of stolen property were not to be punished, but it should be delivered to its original owner on proof, or deposited in the Bait-ul-māl.