If a person has stolen because of hunger, thirst or sickness or to save the basic hunger, thirst and sickness needs of a loved one, they should not be punished strictly with mutilation, but only punished with shaving with donkey urine treatment.
However if this was a violent theft or with the threat of violence or harming somebody, punishment must be given.
Children and Juveniles have different treatment for crimes of theft.
In addition to all the specific punishments I have given below, supplementary punishment I have mentioned in my Law of Punishment must be given for what is not mentioned below.
The are two types of Theft:
- Non violent theft where no force was used
- Violent theft or physical theft by force or threat of assault
Non violent Theft with no threat of assault
Non violent theft with no threat of assault should have the following punishments should be given to them:
- Their head, face and moustache should be shaved with donkey urine.
- They should stripped naked and be hung in pillories in public for 3 days without any bathroom breaks especially in the areas where they reside and in front of their houses.
- They should be allowed food and food digestion breaks. They should be allowed sleep breaks of 7 hours
- They should only be fed desi cow urine and bread during the first day.
- They should then be taken to a True Temple for the Wicked and must be whipped a minimum of 10 lashes.
- Their face should be blackened and they should then be paraded naked on an ass in a public ground near their house and made to kiss the asses butt again in the public ground. If no public ground is available, then they should be made to do this in front of their house.
- After all this is done, donkey urine should be poured over their head, the shoe of the victim or the victims family must then be placed over their head, and they should bow down, prostrate and kiss the feet of the victim or their family if the victim is dead.
- They must be ordered to do 10 days of community service in a True Temple for the Brahma Dana.
- If they cannot pay, they should be made to do an extra multiple of community service subject to a maximum of 4 months.
For the second offence, a multiple of the above punishment must be given.
For the third offence in addition to the above punishment multiplied for third offence, they should have their thumb and index finger of their strong hand amputated.
For the fourth offence in addition to the above punishment multiplied for fourth offence, they should have their hand amputated just below the elbow in addition to the above punishments and the amount that they have stolen should be tattooed on their forehead and chest.
For the fifth offence in addition to the above punishment multiplied for fifth offence, their kneecaps should be broken.
For any offences above the fifth offence, the above punishment multiplied for fifth offence should be given, they should be blinded, their tongue should be cut off and both their hands should be amputated below the elbow.
Forced theft with assault or threat of assault
For the first offence with just threat of assault following punishment should be given:
- Their head, face and moustache should be shaved with donkey urine.
- They should stripped naked and be hung in pillories in public for 10 days without any bathroom breaks, especially in the areas where they reside and in front of their houses.
- They should be allowed food and food digestion breaks. They should be allowed sleep breaks of 7 hours
- They should only be fed desi cow urine and bread during the first 3 days.
- They should then be taken to a to a True Temple for the Wicked and must be whipped a minimum of 5 lashes a day for 15 days.
- Their face should be blackened and they should then be paraded naked on an ass in a public ground near their house and made to kiss the asses butt again in the public ground. If no public ground is available, then they should be made to do this in front of their house.
- After all this is done, donkey urine should be poured over their head, the shoe of the victim or the victims family must then be placed over their head, and they should bow down, prostrate and kiss the feet of the victim or their family if the victim is dead.
- They must be ordered to do 30 days of community service in a in a True Temple for the Brahma Dana.
- They should be made to pay 2 times the amount they have stolen
- If they cannot pay, they should be made to do an extra multiple of community service subject to a maximum of 4 months.
For the second offence, a multiple of the above punishment must be given.
For the third offence in addition to the above punishment multiplied for third offence, they should have their thumb and index finger of their strong hand amputated.
For the fourth offence in addition to the above punishment multiplied for fourth offence, they should have their strong hand amputated just below the elbow in addition to the above punishments and the amount that they have stolen should be tattooed on their forehead and chest.
For the fifth offence in addition to the above punishment multiplied for fifth offence, their kneecaps should be broken.
For any offences above the fifth offence, the above punishment multiplied for fifth offence should be given, they should be blinded, their tongue should be cut off and both their hands should be amputated below the elbow.
If they have assaulted somebody while committing the theft, then they should be given the same punishment as a violent offender.
Fraud and Deceit and Willful Default
Fraud, deceit and willful default are not light crimes.
They should be dealt with very strictly.
If the perpetrator of this white collar crime, can compensate the victims and satisfy the victims’ grievance, then they should not be imprisoned, but a punitive tax can be imposed on them for 10 years.
In any case they should be given the punishment described above for forced theft with threat of assault.
In cases when white collared criminals have caused the deaths (including suicide) of others, then these criminals must be given the same punishment as a violent offender.
Non Violent Theft – White Collar Theft other than Fraud/Deceit/ Willful Default
These could include software/movie etc piracy, stealing of ideas and plagiarism, insider trading and such offenses.
If the perpetrator of this white collar crime, can compensate the victim and satisfy the victim’s grievance, then they should not be imprisoned, but a punitive tax can be imposed on them for 5 years.
After the third offence of this white collar theft, they should be given the punishment described above for forced theft with threat of assault.
If they cannot compensate the victim, then they should be made to do 1 months community service for every Rs 100,000 that was stolen upto to a maximum of 6 months.