R.S.A. No. 2415 of 2010 (O&M) & 1 R.S.A. No. 2416 of 2010 (O&M) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH R.S.A. No. 2415 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision : 21.1.2011 The State of Punjab & others ......Appellants Versus Gurwindervir Singh and others .......Respondents And R.S.A. No. 2416 of 2010 (O&M) The State of Punjab & others ......Appellants Versus Gurwindervir Singh and others .......Respondents ****** CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present : Mr. Rajesh Garg, Addl. A.G. Punjab for the appellant. Mr. G.S. Punia, Advocate, for the respondents. **** SABINA, J. Vide this judgment the above noted appeals are being disposed of as they have arisen out of the same suit. Plaintiffs had filed suit for damages on account of murder of Jaspal Singh. The suit filed by the plaintiffs was decreed partly R.S.A. No. 2415 of 2010 (O&M) & 2 R.S.A. No. 2416 of 2010 (O&M) vide judgment and decree dated 27.8.2008 for recovery of ` 3 lac as damages from the State-defendant No.1. Suit qua defendants No.2 and 3 was dismissed. Aggrieved by the said judgment and decree, State preferred an appeal and plaintiffs filed their cross-objections seeking enhancement of amount of damages. Vide judgment and decree dated 26.11.2009 appeal filed by the State was dismissed and the cross-objections, filed by the plaintiffs, were allowed. The suit of the plaintiffs was decreed for recovery of ` 6 lac and all the respondents were liable for payment of damages jointly and severally. Hence, the present appeals by the State. During the pendency of these appeals an offer was made by the State to the plaintiffs that the State would pay them ` 5 lac towards full and final settlement of their claim. ` 1 lac had already been paid by the State on 18.11.2003 in compliance of order passed by this Court in Habeas Corpus Petition filed by the plaintiffs. On the last date, Kashmir Kaur-plaintiff was present in the Court and she accepted the offer made by the learned State counsel on behalf of the plaintiffs. Today learned State counsel has handed over a draft of ` 5 lac to plaintiff Kashmir Kaur. Photocopy of the draft has been placed on record. Accordingly, these appeals are disposed of in terms of the settlement effected between the parties. The decree in question, R.S.A. No. 2415 of 2010 (O&M) & 3 R.S.A. No. 2416 of 2010 (O&M) thus, stands fully satisfied. The findings recorded by the First Appellate Court against defendants No.2 and 3 are expunged in terms of the settlement between the parties. Appeals stand disposed of accordingly. (SABINA) JUDGE January 21, 2011 Anand