JUDGMENT :

1. This appeal under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, (for short “the Act”), is preferred by the appellant- M/s.United India Insurance Company Limited, challenging Award dated 10.03.2008 delivered by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-V Additional District Judge (FTC), Anantapur, (for short “the Tribunal”) in O.P.No.397 of 2006 granting compensation to the petitioners/claimants, on account of the death of the deceased-Dasari Bodappa, as prayed in the petition (Rs.2,00,000/-) with costs and interest @ 7.5% per annum thereon from the date of filing of the petition till the date of realization against the respondents 1 to 3 jointly and severally.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are hereinafter referred to, as they are arrayed before the Tribunal in the claim petition.

3. The factual context of the case, is as under:

(a) On 01.11.2004 the father of G.Siva Sankar (complainant), namely, G.Krishnappa, who is the uncle of the deceased–Dasari Bodappa, was admitted in Government General Hospital, Anantapur, for treatment due to snake bite in the fields. O