I. K. Kotwal, J. - By virtue of this suit, which has been brought in forma paupris, the plaintiff claims a sum of Rs. 1,00,000.00 from the defendant on account of damages arising out of an accident caused by the driver of truck No: JKA-27 belonging to the defendant which resulted in the death of her husband. It may be noticed that the pauprism of the plaintiff was upheld by the court vide its order dated May 19, 1969 whereupon her application was registered as a suit. In nut shell the plaintiff claims the aforesaid sum on the following facts :

2. On July 29, 1966 at about 4-30 p.m. her husband Vijay Kumar was hit and run over by truck No: JKA-27 belonging to the State of Jammu & Kashmir at a place op­posite to Head quarter 26 A.D. Coy: while he was going on a bicycle to Jammu city in connection with the discharge of his official duties. It is alleged that the truck was being driven rashly and negligently by one Janardhan Singh, an employee of the defen­dant. Her husband was at the time of the accident on the extreme left of the road. As a result of this accident Vijay Kumar was crushed to death as both the front and rear wheels of the truck ran over his body causing several fractur

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