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The Court did not find anything on the record to show when the brother of the deceased came to know about the registration number of the truck, he did not inform the Police. The Court said that it is the trite that the claimants in the proceedings under MV Act have to prove their case on the touchstone of preponderance of probabilities and hence, dismissed the instant appeal and all other pending applications upholding the award passed by the MACT.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt; margin-bottom: 3;\">[<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\">Krishna Devi v. 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