case of collusion on the part of the claimant, the driver and the owner of the offending tractor to extract the compensation from the Insurance Company. The driver and the owner of the offending tractor were proceeded against ex-parte before the learned Tribunal, whereas, in the criminal case, the driver pleaded guilty and did not claim trial in Mega Lok Adalat. He was convicted and sentenced vide judgment dated 20.12.2008 by the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Ferozepur Jhirka, and to pay a fine of Rs.1000/- for commission of offence under Section 279 of the Indian Penal Code; in default of payment of fine, to further undergo simple imprisonment for three days and for offence under Section 337 of the Code, he was convicted and sentenced to pay a fine of Rs.500/- in default of payment of fine, to undergo imprisonment for one day and for the offence under Section 338 of the Code, he was convicted and sentenced to pay a fine of Rs1000/- and in default to payment of fine, to undergo imprisonment for three days. The driver, who is the son of the owner of the offending tractor, and the claimant-injured are the residents of the same village. For the reasons best known to the claimant, the driver and owner did not step into the witness box. When the claimant, the driver and the owner are known to each other much prior the accident being of the same village, there is no explanation of lodging the FIR after one month.
