IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Regular Second Appeal No.1872 of 1989 Date of Decision : 18.11.2011 Saudagar Singh .....Appellants. Versus Smt. Veero and others .....Respondents. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE G.S. SANDHAWALIA ***** Present: None. ***** G.S. SANDHAWALIA J. (ORAL) The present appeal has been filed by the appellants/defendants No.1 and 4 against whom suit for compensation was filed for Rs.50,000/- on account of the fact that the plaintiff-respondent committed the murder of Gurmej Singh husband of plaintiff No.1 and father of plaintiffs Nos.2 to 7. The said suit was decreed on 17.07.1985 for Rs.48,000/-, and the appeal filed by the defendants/appellants was dismissed on 02.06.1989 by the Lower Appellate Court. At the time of notice of motion, it was brought to the notice of this Court that a compromise had been arrived at between Kartar Singh and Raj Singh before the Lower Appellate Court who were defendants No.2 and 3 with the plaintiff/respondents as the plaintiff No.1 had filed an application that the said persons had satisfied the claim to the extent of one-half share as decreed by Regular Second Appeal No.1872 of 1989 -2- the trial Court. In pursuance of the decree, the arrest of the appellants was stayed subject to the appellants furnishing security to the satisfaction of the trial Court. The appeal was subsequently admitted on 18.12.1989. None has put in appearance on behalf of the appellant's to pursue the present appeal, therefore, the present appeal is dismissed in default, without going into the merits of the case, keeping in view the dictum of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Abdur Rahman & others Vs. Athifa Begum & others (1996) 6 SCC 62. (G.S. SANDHAWALIA) JUDGE 18.11.2011 sonika