The body of a person who has been killed is said to have been thrown from a high place.
The cause of death is known as the bite of a poisonous insect or the poison of a scorpion. It is possible to prove this by removing food particles from the stomach of such a person and testing them chemically. If a part of the heart is cut off and put in fire, it makes a crackling sound and emits rainbow-like colours, then it is considered poisonous. If the body is cremated and the heart does not burst, then it is also poisonous.
Logic
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The caste, tribe, name, work, status and residence of the suspected accused should be questioned. His statement should be seen in conjunction with the previous statement and the statement of the opponent. If he is acquitted, he should be released. No one should be arrested on suspicion after three days have passed since the incident. But if the stolen goods are found, they can be caught at any time.
Calling good people a liar, keeping a liar, and ensnaring someone out of hatred are all crimes punishable as a liar.
Children, old people, sick people, ignorant people, mad people, hungry people, tired people, people suffering from indigestion, and weak criminals who have committed petty crimes should not be made to work in jail. Pregnant women who are less than a month pregnant should not be given jail time.
Practical punishments are classified into six strokes of the cane, seven strokes of the cane, being tied up and hung upside down, and pouring salt water down the nose. In the case of great men, it has been said that fourteen more severe punishments should be given. These include - putting a needle in the nail, not allowing the person to urinate without taking sufficient amount of water, burning the tip of the finger in the fire, making the person sleep naked on the grass in winter, etc.
Maintaining the highest standards
If a worker in a mine or sandalwood factory steals something, steals government goods, steals goods from the woodshed, the grainshed and the armoury, etc., there are various punishments for such offences. The worker himself is a sper but calls other people ger, in such cases there is a punishment of corporal punishment.
Kautilya Arthashastra
There are separate provisions for punishment for stealing, forgery, etc. Outside the royal domain, there is a provision for giving the offender a penalty of double the value of the item if he forcibly takes away an object placed on the road during the day or night. If anyone makes a fake seal by copying the seal of a government official, he will be punished.
Dismemberment of a limb
This provision provides for cutting off one of the limbs of the offender or rendering that limb inoperative.
There is a provision for physical punishment or financial punishment for stealing, picking pockets, cutting off the roof, cutting off the umbrella, etc. in places of pilgrimage. The amount of punishment will be increased in case of repeated offenses.
There is a provision for punishment for stealing game or wild animals from the forest. It is a punishable offense to steal the equipment of craftsmen. Entering a fort, jumping over a wall, breaking a hole in the wall and stealing from there, etc. are major offenses.
Shuddha and chitra punishment
If someone is killed in a quarrel, if the injured person dies within seven days, if he dies within a period of time, if he dies within a month, then the offender is punished with chitrabadha, shuddhabadha, good chitra, bad chitra etc.
If a woman's womb is destroyed by beating, it is chitra, if she aborts the pregnancy with medicine it is chitra, and if she causes distressing pain, it is chitra. Killing someone by force, forcibly taking away someone's wife, cutting off someone's nose and ears without any reason, committing suicide or telling someone to do something wrong, kidnapping the head of a city or village, cutting open a chest, making a ritual act, harming the king's animals - these types of offenders are punished with shula.
The offenders who block water, break a dam, kill someone by giving them poison to drink are drowned in water. If a woman commits the crime, then she is drowned in water one month after giving birth. For the crime of cutting off any part of someone's body, that part of the offender will be cut off as punishment.
Kautilya Arthashastra
There are separate provisions for punishment for stealing, forgery, etc. Outside the royal domain, there is a provision for giving the offender a penalty of double the value of the item if he forcibly takes away an object placed on the road during the day or night. If anyone makes a fake seal by copying the seal of a government official, he will be punished.
Dismemberment of a limb
This provision provides for cutting off one of the limbs of the offender or rendering that limb inoperative.
There is a provision for physical punishment or financial punishment for stealing, picking pockets, cutting off the roof, cutting off the umbrella, etc. in places of pilgrimage. The amount of punishment will be increased in case of repeated offenses.
There is a provision for punishment for stealing game or wild animals from the forest. It is a punishable offense to steal the equipment of craftsmen. Entering a fort, jumping over a wall, breaking a hole in the wall and stealing from there, etc. are major offenses.
Shuddha and chitra punishment
If someone is killed in a quarrel, if the injured person dies within seven days, if he dies within a period of time, if he dies within a month, then the offender is punished with chitrabadha, shuddhabadha, good chitra, bad chitra etc.
If a woman's womb is destroyed by beating, it is chitra, if she aborts the pregnancy with medicine it is chitra, and if she causes distressing pain, it is chitra. Killing someone by force, forcibly taking away someone's wife, cutting off someone's nose and ears without any reason, committing suicide or telling someone to do something wrong, kidnapping the head of a city or village, cutting open a chest, making a ritual act, harming the king's animals - these types of offenders are punished with shula.
The offenders who block water, break a dam, kill someone by giving them poison to drink are drowned in water. If a woman commits the crime, then she is drowned in water one month after giving birth. For the crime of cutting off any part of someone's body, that part of the offender will be cut off as punishment.
Kautilya Arthashastra