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3. Confederacies : 1, instigating to robbery: 2, a band of 

 robbers, or accomplices : 3, persons under trust : 4, appoint- 

 ing a time for a robbery : 5, giving a signal for a robbery. 



They are thus explained : 



1. S]§)©f£&o goods under ground* buried, in the earth, or 

 covered over. Any one with a thievish intent, saying, I will 

 take goods which are under ground, or seeking an accomplice 

 to aid him, or procuring a shovel or basket, or going to the 

 place for the purpose, is for each separate act guilty of 

 dukkata : the breaking or cutting of wood, or creepers 

 growing there, for the purpose of reaching the articles, is 

 dukkata ; the digging the earth, or turning it over, or rais- 

 ing the earth from the hole, is dukkata : touching the vessel 

 containing the property, is dukkata ; shaking it is thullach- 

 chaya cjc^® 03 * moving it from its place is parajika m^efesj. 



Under this division is also included goods in vessels, the 

 mouth of which is covered and tied with any kind of ligature, 

 if touched with a dishonest intention, dukkata g<s><s»0: if 

 shaken, or if a corner of the covering be lifted up, or if the 

 vessel be struck, to know by the sound if it be full or empty, 

 in each case thullach-chaya c)@3©c3 ; removing the covering 

 even a hair's breadth from the mouth of the vessel, parajika 

 ODdi^ est?. Also liquids in any vessel, as ghee, oil, honey, 

 syrup : drinking by any artifice, with a dishonest intention, 

 to the value of five masakas (a rupee) or more, is parajika 

 ood^ssD ; by any means breaking the vessel, spilling the con- 

 tents, or rendering it unserviceable ; each offence is dukkata 



2. d(=<seSo: goods standing or placed on the ground; 

 seeking an accomplice to aid in stealing them, or touching 

 the goods with a dishonest intention, is dukkata g<2S)d^9; 

 shaking them moving them from the place 



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