JUDGMENT :

Sindhu Sharma, J.

1. This civil first appeal arises out of the judgment dated 31.05.2005 passed by the District Judge, Bhaderwah in a suit titled 'Zaitoon Begum & Ors. v. State & Ors'.

2. The material facts arising in this case are that; appellants/plaintiffs had filed a suit for recovery of Rs. Five lac as compensation on account of the death of Akhter Hussain, husband of plaintiff No. 1 and father of plaintiff Nos. 2 to 5, due to electric shock suffered on 15.11.1991 because of negligence, non-maintenance, improper electrification and installation of defective transformer and wires at village Kandoolu, Tehsil Gandoh. On 15.11.1991, transformer installed near the house of the plaintiffs at village Kandoolu caught fire at 10:30 p.m. and in order to save the lives of his family and his property, all the inhabitants of the area disconnected their service line. The deceased-Akhter Hussain rushed to switch off the main switch of the service line and in order to save the family, but suffered electric shock and died. As per the post mortem conducted by the Block Medical Officer, Gandoh, the deceased died due to electric shock. An F.I.R. No. 86/1991 with Police Station Gandoh Bhal