The fowler said If you are neither the principal cause nor the agent in this matter: you are still the cause of the death. Therefore, I think you should be killed.
लुब्धक उवाच कारणं यदि न स्याद् वै न कर्ता स्यास्त्वमप्युत। विनाशकारणं त्वं च तस्माद् वध्योऽसि मे मतः॥