Page 1 of 12 oA (ilu)/ 10312024 {i BEF9RE rHE RATLWAY CtAlMq ^TRIBUNAL ii I i ill BHUBANESWAR BENCH i Cose No.OA (llu)/ 103/2024 Corofn: Sri Prosonto Kumor Sohu, ^{Member (Technicol),RCT/Ronchi ot} RCT/BBS Dote of incident: Ai6/T712023 '

Dote of Registrotion: 05/07/2024 Dote of Judgment: 21 /03/2025 I Cloim Amount: Rs.1 0,00,000/-

I I l ln the motter of L I tI t . ' 1. Smt.Puspo Beherq oged obout 44 ^yeors Appticonts W/o lote Deboroi Behero {il, 2. Bisikeson Behero oged oboul 2l ^yeors S/o lote Deboroi Behero

3.Sudorson Beherq oged ^qbout I9 ^yeors S/o lote Deboroi Behero

4.[olito Mohon Behero oged ^qbout l7 ^yeors S/o lote Deboroi Behero .t.

5.Arolo Behero oged ^qbout 8O ^yeors

1l liI S/o lote Sukurio Behero lt lil' All ore resident of villoge : Koiboroto Street, Holodiopodor, PS: Golonthqro, fin, Distt: Goniom, Odisho Versus Union of lndio represented through Respondenl It's Generol Monoger, Eost Coost Roilwoy;

Bhuboneswor Appeo,ronce:

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For the oppl[conts Sri D.K.Podhi, Advocote I :

I For the.respondent Sri K.C.Mohopotro, Ld. Stonding Counsel Ji itl rqb i[ldi irl Page 2 of 12 oA ^(llu)/ 10312024 JUDGEMENT ri ;il lil 1. This cloim o1 ppticorion hos been filed by ^{the Appliconts (wife, children ond} il, fother ^of the deceosed) under ^{section l6 of the Roilwoy Cloims Tribunol Act,} I

1987, cloiming compensotion ^{of Rs.lOrO0,O00/- (Rupees ten Lokhs) from the} Respondent Roilwoy Administrotion ^{on occount of deoth of Deboroi Behero son of} Aroto Behero, ollegedly ^{in on Untoword lncident involving foll from running troin.} 2.Brief focts gf ^{the c,ose: As per origihol cloim petition, the deceosed Deboroi} I'

Behero wos o lobourer. On06/07/2023 ^{eorly morning he olong with one Sunil} lt Behero come to Berhompur ^{roilwoy stotion, purchosed their respective iourney} i tickets from Berhompur to ^{Bhuboneswor roilwoy stotion ond boorded Poloso-} t,,, Cuttock possenger ^{troin. lt is pleoded thot the comportment of the soid troin wos} crowded ond.while the ^{deceosed tried to go to toilet, due to push ond pull of} ffit possenger, ierk of ^the troin, the deceosed occidentolly ^{fell down from the running} troin ond sustoined iniuries ^{on his person. With the help of roilwoy stoff, the iniur.ed} wos shifted to MKCG Hospitol ^{Berhompur by 108 ombulonce where doctor} declored him deod. ^{With regord to} iourneyticketi it ^{is stote*lhorthsdeceosed} ond his' co-possenger ^{hod purchosed their respective} iourney ^{tickets f rom} Berhompur to Bhuboneswor ^{roilwoy stotion but the soid tickets were lost during} il Il the untoword incident il l1 3. Respondenl's Reply: On ^{receipt of notice, the.Respondent filed its wriiten} lt reply to the cloim petition olong with ^{stotuto.y DRM's investigoiion report. lt is} stoted thot the on duty trciin ^{guord of troin no.08534 Poloso-Cuttock Memu} ffii possenger hove no informotion obout ^the olleged ^{incident ond os per stotement} of Smt.Puspo Behero, the deceosed ^{left home ot obout 06.00 hours to trovel 6} KM by rood to cotch troin ot Berhompur roilwoy ^{stotion but the} olleged troin ^hod deported from Berhompur ^roilwoy stotion ot ^{obout 06.05 hours; henc;-ili;} pleoding of the Appliconts thot deceosed died out of foll ^{from the soid possenger} troin wos not possible. lt is further olleged ^{thot the deceosed wos not o bono fide} possenger ond during inquest no ticket or ony trovelling outhority wos ^recovered in possession with the deceosed. As per DRM's ^{investigotion report, there is no} i [(t[;--

I Jili oA ^(llu)/ 103/2024 Page 3 of. 12 direct witness ^to the olleged ^{incident ond there is no evidence on record to show} thot deceose.d trovelled by troin ^{no.08534 ond died out of foll from it. lt is further} olleged thot the deoth could be ^{or1 occount of run over or ony other suspicious} reoson other thon foll from the olleged ^{troin. With these focts ond circumstonces,} the Respondent Roilwoy hove sought for dismissol of ^{the cloim petition.}

4. Appliconl'g Evidence: To substontiote ^{the pleoding mode in the cloim} petition, the Appliconts hove filed the police ottested copies of ^{FlR, lnquest Report,} deod