JUDGMENT :

1. This first appeal under Section 96 CPC has been filed against the judgment and decree dated 5-5-2015 passed by the Additional District Judge Chhabra, in Suit No.7/2013, whereby and whereunder decreeing the suit claiming compensation under Section 1-A of the Indian Fatal Accidents Act, 1855 allowed compensation Rs.8,16,280/-to plaintiffs against appellant JVVNL on account of death of their husband and father due to electrocution.

2. The facts of the case are that respondents plaintiffs (hereafter `the plaintiffs’) filed a civil suit claiming compensation on account of accidental death of their husband, son and father Jagdish, aged 35 years, who died on 16-8-2011 because of electrocution, while he was driving pick-up RJ-28-GA-0958. It was averred that on 16-8-2011 at 8.00 AM while Jagdish was driving pick-up, along with Bablu @ Charan Singh and Banti @ Rajbhan, from Bhojpur to Kadaiyahat, just after village Kotdapar near the house of Badri Lal Aheer while pick-up was crossing the gravel road came into contact of electricity line of 11000 KV, which was loose, Jagdish b