Rules:
A. A person is an employee of another it I the mode and the manner in which he or she carries out his work in subject to control and supervision of the latter.

B. An employer is required to provide compensation to his or her employees for any injury caused by an accident arising in the course of employment- The words 'in the course of the employment' mean in the course of the work which the employee is contracted to do and which is incidental to it.

Facts: Messrs Zafar Abidi and Co. (Company) manufactures bidis with the help of persons known as 'pat radars'. The pattadars are supplied tobacco and leaves by the Company and are required to roll them into bidis and bring the bidis back to the Company. The pattadars are tree to roll the bidis either in the factor}' or anywhere else they prefer. They are not bound to attend the factor)' for any fixed hours of work or for any fixed number of days. Neither are they required to roil up any fixed number of bidis. The Company verifies whether the bidis adhere to the specified instructions or not and pays the pattadars on the basis of the number of bidis that are found to be of right quality. Aashish Mathew is one of the pattadars of the Company. I le was hit by a car just outside the precinct of the factory while he was heading to have lunch in a nearby food-stall. Aashish Mathew has applied for compensation from the Company.

Which of the following statements can most plausibly be inferred from the application of the rules to the given facts?