Arthashastra

siva.sh/arthashastra/kantakazodhana/9/19

शरीर दण्डं क्षिपति शारीरम् एव दण्डं भजेत, निष्क्रय द्वि गुणं वा ॥

sanskrit

When a judge or commissioner imposes an unjust corporeal punishment, he shall himself be either condemned to the same punishment or made to pay twice the amount of ransom leviable for that kind of injustice.

english translation

zarIra daNDaM kSipati zArIram eva daNDaM bhajeta, niSkraya dvi guNaM vA ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/arthashastra/kantakazodhana/9/19

शरीर दण्डं क्षिपति शारीरम् एव दण्डं भजेत, निष्क्रय द्वि गुणं वा ॥

sanskrit

When a judge or commissioner imposes an unjust corporeal punishment, he shall himself be either condemned to the same punishment or made to pay twice the amount of ransom leviable for that kind of injustice.

english translation

zarIra daNDaM kSipati zArIram eva daNDaM bhajeta, niSkraya dvi guNaM vA ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript