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(ii) After culmination of investigation, police filed three separate DARs in the matters, which vide order(s) dated 01.11.2014 were treated as a claim petition(s) under 166 (4) of M.V Act.

(iii) It is further noteworthy that since all the three claim petitions/DARs arose out of the same motor vehicular accident and considering the fact that eye witnesses in the said cases were same vis-à-vis common witnesses were to be examined, accordingly vide order dated 15.05.2018, same were consolidated for the sake of convenience and recording of evidence and "MACP No.5366/2016", titled as, "Panna Lal V/s Ravi Singh & Ors." was treated as the "leading case". As MACP No.5365/2016 (Old No.503/2014): Lal Bahadur V/s Ravi Singh & Ors. MACP No.5366/2016 (Old No.502/2014): Panna Lal V/s Ravi Singh & Ors. (Leading case) MACP No.5367/2016 (Old No.501/2014): Sagar Singh V/s Ravi Singh & Ors.

(iii) In MACP It has been the case of injured/petitioner Panna Lal (who has No.5366/2016 (Old been deaf and dumb by birth) at the time of accident, he was No.502/2014) aged about 24 years, working under respondent No.2/owner as "contractual labour" and earning around Rs.15,000/- per month. He was the main earning member of his family. He suffered multiple grievous injuries, including below knee amputation of his left leg as well as amputation of his 2 nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th toe of his right leg and remained confined to MACP No.5365/2016 (Old No.503/2014): Lal Bahadur V/s Ravi Singh & Ors. MACP No.5366/2016 (Old No.502/2014): Panna Lal V/s Ravi Singh & Ors. (Leading case) MACP No.5367/2016 (Old No.501/2014): Sagar Singh V/s Ravi Singh & Ors.

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38. As already discussed in preceding paragraph(s), PW-2/Panna Lal was aged about 24 years as on the date of accident, i.e on 11.01.2014; hence, the appropriate multiplier would be "18" in view of judgment passed in case titled as "Sarla Verma Vs. DTC", 2009 ACJ 1298 SC. The monthly income of petitioner/PW-2 has been taken as Rs.8,086/- per month, as discussed above. Thus, MACP No.5365/2016 (Old No.503/2014): Lal Bahadur V/s Ravi Singh & Ors. MACP No.5366/2016 (Old No.502/2014): Panna Lal V/s Ravi Singh & Ors. (Leading case) MACP No.5367/2016 (Old No.501/2014): Sagar Singh V/s Ravi Singh & Ors.

In MACP No.5366/2016 (Old No.502/2014) (injured Panna Lal)

69. The statement injured/petitioner Panna Lal in terms of Clause 29 MCTAP was recorded on 30.01.2020. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case and in view of the said statement, it is hereby ordered that out of the awarded amount, a sum of Rs.10,67,000/- (Rupees Ten Lakhs Sixty Seven Thousand Only) shall be immediately released to the petitioner/injured through his MACP No.5365/2016 (Old No.503/2014): Lal Bahadur V/s Ravi Singh & Ors. MACP No.5366/2016 (Old No.502/2014): Panna Lal V/s Ravi Singh & Ors. (Leading case) MACP No.5367/2016 (Old No.501/2014): Sagar Singh V/s Ravi Singh & Ors.