( 1 ) THIS appeal is filed by the appellant petitioner being aggrieved by the judgment and decree dated 24. 9. 1992 passed in O. P. No. 103 of 1990 on the file of the Chief Judge, City Civil Court, hyderabad.

( 2 ) ). The brief facts of the case are that on 11. 10. 1989 the deceased G. Ganesh aged 20 years along with his friends went to see a movie and as they did not get tickets they boarded the APSRTC bus plying on route no. 107 belonging to Dilsukhnagar bus depot at the RTC cross roads to return to their house by changing the bus at Nalgonda cross roads. At that time, the driver of the bus accelerated the speed in a hurry in a rash and negligent manner without caring to see if all the passengers entered the bus safely or not and suddenly twisted the bus and that the deceased was thrown out of the bus and received grievous injuries. Even though the other passengers shouted to stop the bus, the driver did not stop the bus and he stopped the bus only at Charminar cross roads. The friends of the deceased rushed to the spot and shifted the deceased to the Gandhi Hospital, where he died on 19. 10. 1989. At the time of the accident, the deceased was a commission agent in