[105] Now at that time a certain man, having committed robbery, fled and went forth among the bhikkhus. And he had been written up in the king's inner palace: "Wherever he is seen, there he is to be killed." People, seeing him, said: "This is that proscribed thief; come, let us kill him." Some said: "Sirs, do not speak thus. It has been allowed by Seniya Bimbisāra, king of Magadha: 'Those who go forth among the ascetics, sons of the Sakyan — nothing may be done to them. Well proclaimed is the Dhamma; let them live the holy life (brahmacariya) for the right making of an end of suffering (dukkha).'" People complained, criticized, and spread it about: "These ascetics, sons of the Sakyan, are granted immunity from harm; nothing may be done to them. How [1] can they let a proscribed thief go forth?" They reported this matter to the Blessed One. "Bhikkhus, a proscribed thief should not be given the going forth. Whoever should give the going forth: an offence of wrong-doing (dukkaṭa)."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.