[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Administrative System of the Marathas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923) › c19.s9.5 # Administrative System of the Marathas c19.s9.5 Administrative System of the Marathas c19.s9.5 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c19.s9.5) Capital punishment in the days of Shahu Chhatrapati and Balaji Baji Rao seems to have been unknown. Murder and treason were punished with fine, confiscation of property, and imprisonment. The Maratha rulers seem to have realised that punishment was to be used as a corrective only and not to drive the offender to the extreme of despair and convert him into a sworn enemy of human society. That explains the queer but common prayer on the part of convicted offenders that the fine inflicted should not exceed their means; and why Government agreed not only to take the offenders' income into consideration while fixing the amount of fine, but also allowed them to pay the sum so fixed, by instalments. - [Previous: c19.s9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c19.s9.4) - [Next: c19.s9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c19.s9.6) - [Up: c19.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c19.s9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c19.s9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c19.s9.5) · Pramāṇa