Augustine George Masih, J.

1. This is a case wherein one Lajja Ram aged 34 years as returning to his village from Chandigarh on his motor cycle after selling milk on the fateful day i.e. 4.5.2007 at about 10.30 on the road from Village Parol to Village Nangal. When he was some distance away from his village Chhoti-Bari Nangal a live electricity wire of 11 KV, which was lying across the road came in contact with the motor cycle. Due to such high volt of electricity, the motor cycle got entangled resulting in death of Lajja Ram at the spot and the motor cycle damaged. Due to the electrical current, the body of the deceased was badly burnt. On hearing a noise, several villagers reached at the spot. Police also reached there and after getting the line disconnected, the body of the deceased was removed by the police and D.D.R. No. 39 dated 5.5.2007 was lodged at Police Station Mullanpur. Post-mortem was conducted on the deceased on 5.5.2007 and the opinion of the doctor regarding cause of death is as follows:

Opinion: In my opinion death occurred due to cardio respiratory failure due to

electric current. All injuries are anti mortem in nature and sufficient to

cause death i