Manu Smriti - Hindu Online

9.272. Those who are appointed to guard provinces and his vassals who have been ordered (to help), he shall
speedily punish like thieves, (if they remain) inactive in attacks (by robbers).
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9.273. Moreover if (a man), who subsists by (the fulfilment of) the law, departs from the established rule of the
law, the (king) shall severely punish him by a fine, (because he) violated his duty.
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9.274. Those who do not give assistance according to their ability when a village is being plundered, a dyke is
being destroyed, or a highway robbery committed, shall be banished with their goods and chattels.
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9.275. On those who rob the king’s treasury and those who persevere in opposing (his commands), he shall
inflict various kinds of capital punishment, likewise on those who conspire with his enemies.
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9.276. But the king shall cut off the hands of those robbers who, breaking into houses, commit thefts at night,
and cause them to be impaled on a pointed stake.
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9.277. On the first conviction, let him cause two fingers of a cut-purse to be amputated; on the second, one hand
and one foot; on the third, he shall suffer death.
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9.278. Those who give (to thieves) fire, food, arms, or shelter, and receivers of stolen goods, the ruler shall
punish like thieves.
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9.279. Him who breaks (the dam of) a tank he shall slay (by drowning him) in water or by (some other) (mode
of) capital punishment; or the offender may repair the (damage), but shall be made to pay the highest
amercement.
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9.280. Those who break into a (royal) storehouse, an armoury, or a temple, and those who steal elephants,
horses, or chariots, he shall slay without hesitation.
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9.281. But he who shall take away the water of a tank, made in ancient times, or shall cut off the supply of
water, must be made to pay the first (or lowest) amercement.
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