JUDGMENT

1. The appellants/claimants have challenged the impugned Judgment and award to the extent of exonerating respondent No.2/insurance company from the liability to make payment of compensation.

2. The dispute in narrow compass is as under :-

(a) Uddhav S/o Raosaheb Sonawane (since deceased) was stated to be in the employment of respondent No.1 as a cleaner on his truck bearing No. MH-16-Q-6129 from 1/1/2013 till the date of accident. There was employee-employer relationship between the deceased and respondent No.1/owner of the vehicle.

(b) On 14/8/2015, deceased was proceeding towards Nanded with driver on above said truck as per the directions of respondent No.1. The said truck reached near Yashwanti Dhaba at Jalna Mantha Road. When the truck was stopped by the driver on the side of the road, the truck driver instructed to the cleaner/deceased to check air pressure of the tyres and radiator water. The deceased stepped down from the truck when unknown vehicle gave dash to the deceased from the backside and ran away from the spot. The deceased was seriously injured in the a