( 1 ) AT the tender age of three years, Nitin Walia, appellant in the present case lost his right arm in an unfortunate incident. It has crippled him for life. It happened on 20/03/1988. This boy of three years of age was feeling excited and jubilant when he visited National Zoological Park, Delhi alongwith his family members to see various animals kept in Zoo. His joy was boundless when he reached the enclosure where the white tigress was being kept. He was with his father and other family members. All family members were keenly watching the tigress. The boy, at that age, who had never seen such an animal was exhilarated. I was wonder for him. The white tigress was kept inside iron bars. There was railing before that. Appellant reached near the railing without realising as to what was in store for him. The tigress all of a sudden grabbed his hand through the railing and pulled it in. Other family members reached to the rescue of the appellant and tried to put the tigress away. However, by that time irreversible harm had been done. Tigress had bit the right arm of the appellant. Profusely bleeding, in severe pain and agony the child was taken to the hospital situated in