motorcycle and due to that impact, the driver and the pillion rider suffered injuries. Further, he mentioned that immediately after that he stopped his car and went to the spot after crossing the divider and he saw that the offending vehicle had stopped at some distance from the place of accident and then he requested the driver of the offending vehicle, who was a female, to assist the injured persons but she refused. During cross-examination, he mentioned that he is an advocate by profession and neither he informed the police nor he provided the registration number of offending vehicle to the police and for the first time he provided the details of offending vehicle on 10.08.2015 in MACT Cell, at DCP office. He further disclosed that he went to the MACT Cell, on his own and he was not called by the I0. Further, suggestion was given that route taken by this witness while going to his house was longer one and it suggests that he was not present at the spot at the time of accident. This court is with an agreement with the submissions made by Ld. Counsel for the respondents that testimony of PW-5 is not very convincing for many reasons. First of all, it is observed that at the time of accident, this witness was on the opposite lane and therefore, it was very difficult for him to observe the exact sequence of events resulting in the accident from a distance. Secondly, it is difficult to believe that in a very short time, he parked his vehicle, crossed the busy road and went to opposite side and further went towards offending vehicle, which stopped at some distance and requested female driver to provide assistance to the injured persons. In view of this court, generally no driver at fault, would stop the offending vehicle for more than few seconds, specially when the accident had resulted into serious injuries and public persons have gathered there. Thirdly, PW-5 has not furnished proper explanation as to why he had not provided the registration number of offending vehicle to the police at the spot or telephonically and why he took a month to share the information about the accident with the police, especially when he was supposed to know duty of a responsible citizen being a lawyer.
