Mr. Justice D.R. Vithal Rao, President— In this complaint the complainant has sought the compensation in a sum of Rs. 2,00,000/- with interest thereon from the Opp. Party-the Southern Railways, Mysore Division, for having sustained injuries in an accident on Railway Platform, Harihar.

2. The complainant was working as Personnel Manager in the Mysore Kirloskar Limited, Harihar.

3. It is the case of the complainant that he got a First-Class Railway Ticket reserved for travelling from Harihar to Bangalore by Vasco-Bangalore Mail on 9.12.91. The complainant reached the Railway Station by about 8.50 p.m. on 9.12.91. The train arrived and the First Class Compartment which he was to board was at the fag end of the platform. It is the case of the complainant that there was no lights at the end of the Railway Platform where the First Class Compartment was stationed. There were also no Railway Police near about that Compartment. While the complainant was about to enter the First Class Compartment of the train some miscreants threw acid from his backside on the right side face of the complainant. Inconsequence of which the complainant suffered serious burn injuries.

3. The complainant immed