main road, 50 meters before him, P.W.2 was travelling in his two wheeler with his wife and son. At that time, a Transport Corporation bus driven by the petitioner overtook P.W.1 and hit the two wheeler of P.W.2 from behind, due to which, P.W.2 and his son fell to the left side of the road and his wife Geetha fell to the right side of the road and she was run over by the bus. Further, without providing any medical assistance, petitioner escaped from the scene of occurrence, the villagers chased him and he was detained after 4kms. In this case, P.W.1 on seeing the accident called 108 Ambulance, in one Ambulance P.W.2 and his son sent to the Hospital and in another Ambulance, the deceased Geetha was sent to the Hospital. Thereafter, P.W.1 lodged a complaint and on receipt of the complaint, the Sub-Inspector of Police registered FIR. P.W.7 took up investigation, visited the scene of occurrence, prepared observation mahazar and rough sketch, examined the witnesses present in the scene of occurrence, conducted inquest, sent the body for postmortem, both the vehicles, two wheeler and bus sent for motor vehicle inspection. P.W.7 received the medical report, inspection report and postmortem certificate, on completion of investigation, charge sheet filed. During trial, P.W.1 to P.W7 examined and