Arthashastra

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कृत प्रतिघात अवस्थः सूचको निष्पन्न अर्थः षष्ठम् अंशं लभेत, द्वादशम् अंशं भृतकः ॥

Any informant (súchaka) who supplies information about embezzlement just under perpetration shall, if he succeeds in proving it, get as reward one-sixth of the amount in question; if he happens to be a government servant (bhritaka), he shall get for the same act one-twelfth of the amount.

english translation

kRta pratighAta avasthaH sUcako niSpanna arthaH SaSTham aMzaM labheta, dvAdazam aMzaM bhRtakaH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript