JUDGMENT :

Kaushal Jayendra Thaker, J.

Heard Sri Awadhesh Srivastva, learned counsel for the appellant, Sri Awadhesh Kumar Saxena, learned counsel for the respondent No. 1 and perused the record. None has appeared for respondent-Oriental Insurance Company.

2. This appeal, at the behest of the appellant-claimant, challenges the judgment and order dated 15.2.2001 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Bareilly (hereinafter referred to as 'Tribunal') in Claim Petition No. 614 of 1997 rejecting the claim petition which was preferred by the claimants claiming compensation of Rs. 4,02,000/-.

3. The facts as culled out from the record are that the appellant was 24 years of age at the time of accident and when he was waiting for bus, all of a sudden two vehicles namely Tanker bearing No. UP21/8155 and Bus of U.P.S.R.T.C. bearing No. UP 15/0631 coming from opposite directions dashed with each other. Because of the impact of the accident, the passengers in the bus fell on the appellant from the window/door which accidentally opened. The appellant was admitted into hospital. The F.I.R.