Hon'ble JAIN, J.—This appeal on behalf of defendants under Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure is directed against the judgment and decree dated 8.8.1990 passed by the District Judge, Udaipur (for short, "the trial Court" hereinafter) in Civil Suit No. 268/1987, Mohan Lal and Ors. vs. Rajasthan State Electricity Board, Jaipur through its Chairman & Ors., whereby the learned trial Court allowed the claim made by the plaintiff-respondents for compensation under the provisions of Fatal Accident Act, 1855 (for short 'the act of 1855' hereinafter) to the extent of Rs. 15,000/- with cost and with the interest at the rate of 12% per annum from the date of suit till the date of realization.

2. Briefly stated facts of the case are that plaintiff-respondents filed a suit for compensation on 10.8.1987 under the provisions of the Act of 1855 against the defendant-appellants in the trial Court, wherein it was pleaded that the death of their minor daughter Heera Bai aged about 8 years, which according to them, had taken place as a result of her (Heera Bai) coming into contact with the support wire (stay wife) of a wooden pole in which electric current was running. The flow of current in the

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