Arthashastra
करण हीनं निक्षेपम् अपव्ययमानं गूढ भित्ति न्यस्तान् साक्षिणो निक्षेप्ता रहसि प्रणिपातेन प्रज्ञापयेत्, वन अन्ते वा मद्य प्रहवण विश्वासेन ॥
When a depositary denies having received a sealed deposit which was not, however, deposited for any reasonable cause, the depositor may obtain secret permission (from the judges) to produce such witnesses as he might have stationed under a wall (gúdhabhitti) while depositing.
english translation
karaNa hInaM nikSepam apavyayamAnaM gUDha bhitti nyastAn sAkSiNo nikSeptA rahasi praNipAtena prajJApayet, vana ante vA madya prahavaNa vizvAsena ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript