Manu 8.316
शासनाद् वा विमोक्षाद् वा स्तेनः स्तेयाद् विमुच्यते) । अशासित्वा) तु तं राजा स्तेनस्य-आप्नोति) किल्बिषम् ॥
śāsanād vā vimokṣād vā stenaḥ steyād vimucyate) | a.śāsitvā) tu taṃ rājā stenasya-āpnoti) kilbiṣam ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Whether he be punished or pardoned, the thief is freed from the (guilt of) theft; but the king, if he punishes not, takes upon himself the guilt of the thief. ^jt
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.