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Definition :

Passenger, 'passenger' any person on a railway in any description or class of traveling train or carriage on payment of his fare, whether at full rates or at concessional rates. Railway Passengers Fare Act, 1971, s.2(b) trespasser or person traveling without ticket or pass or authority in not a passenger, Sundari v. Union of India, AIR 1984 All 277 (278).

Means a person travelling with a valid pass or ticket. [Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), s. 2(29)]

A Railway servant on duty is not a passenger, AIR 1988 Pat 130 (132).

Passenger, is a person whom a common carrier has contracted to carry from one place to another, Sundari v. Union of India, AIR 1984 All 277.

Means a person whom a common carrier has contracted to carry from one place to another, Black's Law Dictionary.

Means a traveller in or on a public or private conveyance other than the driver, pilot crew, etc., New India Assurance Co. Ltd. v. Annakutty, AIR 1993 Ker 299: (1993) ILR 1 Ker 850: (1993) 1 ACC 684: (1992) 2 Ker LJ 858: (1992) 2 Ker LT 727.

Ordinary connotation of the word 'passenger' cannot be restricted or limited to only those persons who travel in the vehicle either by remaining seated in the seating accommodation provided or by stranding in vehicles where travel by standing is specially permitted. Any person who reforms the journey in the bus will be a passenger. He will continue to be a passenger even at the time of alighting from the bus, if his physical contact with the bus still remains, New India Assurance Co. Ltd. v. Anna Kutty, AIR 1993 Ker 299.