Administrative System of the Marathas c19.s9.1

c19.s9.1

It does not seem that a Panchayat was so frequently resorted to as in civil cases; but that it was sometimes called to make enquiry into the facts of a criminal case as well as to pass judgment thereon, admits of no doubt. In the year 1760-61, Yeshvant Rao Kshirsagar of Kameri in Tarf Valve, of Prant Karhad, and two others were killed in consequence of a dispute about land revenue, and Kshirsagar's son complained against the murderers. We find that the Patil, Kulkarni and Rayats of the village were summoned to the Huzur for an enquiry into the case, and afterwards the compensation to be paid to the murdered man's son was settled by a Panchayat.²⁸