Badar Durrez Ahmed, J.

( 1 ) UDAY Singh was an electrician who dealt in the sale and repair of electrical goods in his native village Wazirpur in district Gurgaon, haryana. He did not know that the 20th day of April, 1996 would be a fateful one. Also oblivious of this catastrophic day were his wife Kamla devi (the petitioner) and his infant son (Mukesh) aged about 4 months. After closing his shop in the evening of 20. 4. 1996, Uday Singh bade farewell to his wife and son and left for Pahar Ganj, Delhi to make purchases for his small business which provided him with an income of about rs. 3,000/- per month. It was to be the last time that they would see him alive.

( 2 ) AT about 9 p. m. that night, while Uday Singh was on a public road in the Paharganj area in the vicinity of Arjun Guest House, a massive explosion brought the building crashing down. This resulted in the death of uday Singh amongst 16 others. The blast originated in the building itself. As revealed by the additional affidavit (filed on 22. 5. 2001) on behalf of the respondent No. 2, the explosive (RDX) was brought by a person named manzoor Ahmed Khan, an active member of a Jandk terrorist organisation. The said terro

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