Arthashastra

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ये च अस्य हत भूमाव् आसन्न चरास् तान् एक एकशः पृच्छेत् "केन अयम् इह आनीतो हतो वा, कः स शस्त्रः संगूहमान उद्विग्नो वा युष्माभिर् दृष्टः" इति ॥

Those who happened to be at the locality of murder shall be severally asked as follows:-- By whom the deceased was brought there; whether they (the witnesses) saw any armed person lurking in the place and showing signs of troubled appearance?

english translation

ye ca asya hata bhUmAv Asanna carAs tAn eka ekazaH pRcchet "kena ayam iha AnIto hato vA, kaH sa zastraH saMgUhamAna udvigno vA yuSmAbhir dRSTaH" iti ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript