J U D G E M E N T

I. Basic details relating to accident as contained in the application :

a. Date of accident : 07.10.2021 b. Person died : Sk. Akram.

c. Relationship of the claimant with the deceased : Wife, Son & Mother.

d. Train involved : Local Train.

Contd.……/2.

e. Untoward incident narrated : On 07.10.2021, the victim, Sk. Akram since deceased purchased a 2^nd class valid railway ticket bearing no.38645426 from Barddhaman Jn. to Howrah by a local train. During the course of journey at about 18.00 hours., while he tried to see the place from where the said train was passing, suddenly he was dashed by an electric post and fell down inside the train compartment between Gangpur and Saktigarh Railway Stations, sustained serious injuries on his person. Thereafter he was brought down at Saktigarh Railway Station with the help of train passengers and he died on the platform of Saktigarh Railway Station.

f. Place of occurrence of untoward incident: Between Gangpur & Saktigarh Rly. Stns.

g. DRM’s Report. : Filed.

h. Averments in reply : The deceased was not a bona fide passenger and death of the deceased did not occur in any ‘untoward incident’ under the provision of Section

123(c)(2) of the Rail