Manu Smriti - Hindu Online

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8.293. But if the cart turns off (the road) through the driver’s want of skill, the owner shall be fined, if damage
(is done), two hundred (panas).
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8.294. If the driver is skilful (but negligent), he alone shall be fined; if the driver is unskilful, the occupants of
the carriage (also) shall be each fined one hundred (panas).
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8.295. But if he is stopped on his way by cattle or by (another) carriage, and he causes the death of any living
being, a fine shall without doubt be imposed.
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8.296. If a man is killed, his guilt will be at once the same as (that of) a thief; for large animals such as cows,
elephants, camels or horses, half of that.
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8.297. For injuring small cattle the fine (shall be) two hundred (panas); the fine for beautiful wild quadrupeds
and birds shall amount to fifty (panas).
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8.298. For donkeys, sheep, and goats the fine shall be five mashas; but the punishment for killing a dog or a pig
shall be one masha.
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8.299. A wife, a son, a slave, a pupil, and a (younger) brother of the full blood, who have committed faults, may
be beaten with a rope or a split bamboo,
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8.300. But on the back part of the body (only), never on a noble part; he who strikes them otherwise will incur
the same guilt as a thief.
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8.301. Thus the whole law of assault (and hurt) has been declared completely; I will now explain the rules for
the decision (in cases) of theft.
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8.302. Let the king exert himself to the utmost to punish thieves; for, if he punishes thieves, his fame grows and
his kingdom prospers.
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