- (1.) Respondent's husband Devanand Singh was employed as General Mazdoor in Nichitpur Open Cast Project of Bharat Coking Coal Ltd.
(2.) On 10/03/1997, he performed his duty in the first shift from 8 a. m. to 4 p. m. and thereafter overtime duty till about 6.45 p.m. After his overtime work was over, he returned from his place of duty on his bicycle to his residence at Joghta Fire Project. On the way he was topped by 6-7 unknown persons and all on a sudden one of them fired at him by pistol from close range which hit his right side abdomen and he succumbed to the injuries sustained.
(3.) His wife filed W.C. Case No. 12 of 1998 under the provisions of Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) demanding a sum of Rs. 2,01,660 to be paid as compensation.;