Premanand Maharaj Ji
When someone wrongs me and I am in charge, should I punish or forgive?
Forgive the accidental, correct the habitual
If someone doesn't want to do wrong and erred by circumstance, forgive with a small penalty or a word that it must not happen again. Those whose very nature is to commit offences should not be forgiven, because their improvement comes through punishment.
If a wrong happened by circumstance, we forgive with a small punishment, or we forgive by telling him not to repeat the mistake.