Rakesh Kumar Jain, J.

1. This appeal has been brought by the defendants against the judgment of Lower Appellate Court dated 31.01.2002, who had modified the decree of Trial Court and awarded Rs. 1,00,000/- as compensation for the death of Mohan Lai, alongwith interest @ 9% per annum from the date of decree of the Trial Court till the date of realisation.

2. Shorn of unnecessary details, the brief facts of the case are that Mohan Lal, son of the plaintiff, was a student of 7th Class and was studying in a School at Morni. On 10.08.1989, while he was going to his school alongwith his cousin Yad Ram on a public passage, they were attacked by a leopard who carried away both Mohan Lal and Yad Ram. Mutilated body of Mohan Lal was lateron recovered from the forest, though Yad Ram could not be traced. The plaintiff filed suit for mandatory injunction seeking direction to the defendants to provide employment to the son of plaintiffs and to pay adequate compensation, in lieu of death of their son Mohan Lal. The plaintiffs alleged that leopard was a man eater. Various complaints were made to the concerned officials but no action was taken which resulted into the loss of valuable human