-1- R.S.A. No.340 of 2011 (O & M). IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH ... Date of Decision: January 21, 2011. R.S.A. No.340 of 2011 (O & M). Partap Singh and others .......Appellants Versus Bijender and others .......Respondents. CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MOHINDER PAL. 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest ? Present: Mr. S.S. Godara,Advocate, for the appellants. -.- MOHINDER PAL, J. Smt. Bhagwati (since deceased) filed a suit for recovery of Rs.2,00,000/- along with interest as damages against defendants-appellants Partap Singh, Satish Kumar and Dalbir Singh on account of murder of her son (Smt.Bhagwati's) Satpal. Ram Kishan, husband of Smt.Bhagwati had died earlier to the filing of the instant suit. The trial Court decreed the suit to the extent of -2- R.S.A. No.340 of 2011 (O & M). Rs.1,00,000/- along with interest at the rate of six per cent per annum from the date of filing of the suit till actual recovery of decretal amount from the defendants-appellants. The lower appellate Court thereafter modified the judgment and decree passed by the trial Court and enhanced the amount recoverable by the plaintiff from the defendants-appellants as compensation from Rs.1,00,000/- to Rs.1,36,000/- and the rate of interest from six per cent per annum to seven and a half per cent per annum from the date of filing of the suit till actual realization. The defendants- appellants were held liable to pay the said amount jointly and severally. Hence this appeal by the defendants-appellants. After hearing the learned counsel for the appellants and perusing the impugned judgments, I do not see any reason to interfere therewith in Second Appeal. The appellants were put on trial for the murder of Sat Pal, son of Bhagwati plaintiff (since deceased and represented by her sons Bijender and Rajender and daughters Sushila, Roshni and Manju - respondents Nos. 1 to 5) and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs.5,000/- each under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code by the learned Sessions Judge, Sirsa. Sat Pal was about 25 years old when he was brutally murdered by the defendants-appellants. The damages awarded by the lower appellate Court can, by stretch of reasoning, be termed as excessive. Under the circumstances, I do not find any patent illegality or irregularity in the findings recorded by the Courts below, -3- R.S.A. No.340 of 2011 (O & M). which may give rise to any substantial question of law in the present appeal. Resultantly, this appeal is hereby dismissed being without any merit. ( MOHINDER PAL ) January 21, 2011. JUDGE ak