ORDER :

G. Shyam Prasad, J.

1. This appeal is directed against the order and decree dated 13.2.2006 passed in MVOP No. 844 of 2001 by the Motor Vehicle Accidents Claims Tribunal (IX Additional District Judge), Guntur (for short "the Tribunal").

2. The brief facts of the case are as follows:

The petitioner No. 1 is the mother, petitioner No. 2 is the father and petitioner Nos. 3 to 5 are younger sisters of the deceased-Sunil Kumar. On 20.5.2001 at about 8.30 p.m., while the deceased was going on the cycle as a pillion rider from Thummalapalem Village to reach Pepsi Company on left side of NH5 road and when they reached near LRR Poultry farm quarters, the driver of the lorry bearing No. AP 7T 990 belongs to respondent No. 1 drove the same in a rash and negligent manner and without blowing horn, dashed against the deceased from his behind, as a result, the deceased fell down from the cycle and the lorry ran over him, and on the way to hospital, he succumbed to injuries. A case in Crime No. 34/2001 of Prathipadu Police Station, Guntur, was registered against the driver of the offending