Arthashastra

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पूर्व कृत अपदानं प्रतिज्ञाय अपहरन्तम् एक देश दृष्ट द्रव्यं कर्मणा रूपेण वा गृहीतं राज कोशम् अवस्तृणन्तं कर्म वध्यं वा राज वचनात् समस्तं व्यस्तम् अभ्यस्तं वा कर्म कारयेत् ॥

Regarding those criminals who rob in accordance with the threat previously made by them, who have made use of the stolen articles in part, who have been caught hold of in the very act or with the stolen articles, who have attempted to seize the king's treasury, or who have committed culpable crime, may, in accordance with the order of the king, be subjected once or many times to one all of the above kinds of torture.

english translation

pUrva kRta apadAnaM pratijJAya apaharantam eka deza dRSTa dravyaM karmaNA rUpeNa vA gRhItaM rAja kozam avastRNantaM karma vadhyaM vA rAja vacanAt samastaM vyastam abhyastaM vA karma kArayet ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript