( 1. ) BY this appeal under section 173 of the Motor Vehicles act, the appellant widow, child and parents of the deceased Gajriya alias Gajju, aged 25 years, have assailed the award dated 12. 1. 2000 passed by the Second Additional motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Barwani in Claim Case No. 58 of 1998, by which the claim has been dismissed on the ground that the appellants failed to prove that it was on account of rashness and negligence of Kamlesh, NA 1, that injury was caused to him to which he succumbed eventually.

( 2. ) LEARNED counsel for the appellants submits that Gajriya was aged 25 years and his source of livelihood was income as labourer. On 5. 2. 1998 he was called by dinesh to work as labourer. Although, the deceased was not inclined, he was asked to sit on the pillion of the motor cycle for being taken to the place where he was required to work as labourer. However, before deceased Gajriya could properly sit on the said vehicle the rider of the motor cycle started the motor cycle with a jerk, the foot of the deceased got entangled in the spokes of rear wheel and he sustained severe injury. He was taken to the Primary health Centre, Rajpur itself, from where he w