JUDGMENT

This appeal is filed against the judgment of the Railway Claims Tribunal in O.A.No.8 of 2022. The claim submitted by the applicant for compensation for the injury suffered by him has been rejected by the Tribunal, stating that the applicant has committed a criminal act against his own body without considering his age and physical status despite the fact that he was a daily commuter of the train.

2. According to the appellant, he had boarded to the train after purchasing a ticket No.69529561 from Thrissur to Angamaly Station in order to go to Kalady. The train in which the appellant wrongly boarded (Porbandar-Kochuveli Express) did not have a stop at Angamaly or at Aluva. According to him, he had fallen down from the moving train due to a sudden jerk and jolts of the train at Aluva Railway Station and was taken to the hospital by the on-duty staff of the Station. For the injury suffered, he had made the claim before the Tribunal.

3. The Railways had filed a reply wherein, it is admitted that the petitioner was travelling in the train. It is stated that he had boarded the wrong train from Thrissur. It is further stated that he was standing near the doorway in order to get down