Manusmriti
न मित्रकारणाद् राजा विपुलाद् वा धनागमात् । समुत्सृजेत् साहसिकान् सर्वभूतभयावहान् ॥ ३४७ ॥
Neither for friendship’s sake, nor for the sake of great lucre, must a king let go perpetrators of violence, who cause terror to all creatures.
english translation
na mitrakAraNAd rAjA vipulAd vA dhanAgamAt । samutsRjet sAhasikAn sarvabhUtabhayAvahAn ॥ 347 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript