SMT SURESH DEVI ANOTHER vs STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** 138 CWP-15771-2026 Date of Decision: 20.05.2026 SMT SURESH DEVI & ANR. ...Petitioners Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND ORS. …Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JAGMOHAN BANSAL Present:- Mr. Kartik Mittal, Advocate for the petitioners Mr. Akshit Pathania, Assistant A.G. Haryana Mr. Akash Dahiya, Advocate for respondent-DHBVN *** JAGMOHAN BANSAL, J. (ORAL) 1. The petitioners through instant petition under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India are seeking direction to respondents to pay them compensation on account of death of their family member by electrocution. 2. Mahesh Kumar on 14.11.2025 while performing some transformer related work, on the directions of the electricity department, suffered electric current causing severe electric shock resulting in his sudden death. An FIR No. 0158 dated 14.11.2025 under sections 106 and 3(5) of BNS, 2023 in this regard was lodged with Police Station Sadar Kanina, District Mahendergarh. Postmortem was conducted on 15.11.2025 by concerned Government Hospital which revealed death caused due to electrocution. 3. As per notification dated 15.07.2019, there is strict liability of Dakshi