(Mv.I.44.1) [106] Now at that time a certain man who had been whipped/caned as punishment went forth among the monks. People criticized and complained and spread it about,
“How can the Sakyan-son contemplatives give the Going-forth to one who has been whipped/caned as punishment?”
They reported the matter to the Blessed One.
“Monks, a man who has been whipped/caned as punishment should not be given the Going-forth. Whoever should give it: an offense of wrong doing.”