Prime1 : why runtime exception?

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

unsigned short int *primes;
unsigned short int size;

char is_prime(unsigned int n)
{
unsigned short i, lim, num;

if(n == 1)
	return 0;
else if(n <= 3)
	return n;
else
{
	unsigned short i = 0, lim = sqrt(n), num = primes[i];

	while(num && (num <= lim)) 
	{	
		
		if(n % num == 0)
		{
			return 0;
		}
		i++;
		num = primes[i];
	}
	return 1;
}

}

void populate_primes(unsigned short n)
{
unsigned short num = 7, i = 1, j;
char inc = 2;

primes = (unsigned short *)malloc(sizeof(unsigned short)*n/3);

for(j = 0; j < n/3; j++)
	primes[j] = 0;

primes[0] = 5;

while(num <= n)
{
	if(is_prime(num))
	{
		primes[i] = num;
		i++;
	}
	inc = (inc*-1)+6;
	num += inc;
}

}

void free_primes()
{
free(primes);
primes = NULL;
}

void print_prime_nos(unsigned int m, unsigned int n)
{
unsigned int num = m;
char inc = 5;

populate_primes(sqrt(n));

while((num <= n) && (num <= 3))
{
	if(is_prime(num))
		printf("%u\n", num);
	num++;
}

if(num <= n)
{
	if(num%6 <= 1)
	{
		num = (num/6*6)+1;
		inc = 2;
	}
	else
	{
		num = (num/6*6)+5;
		inc = 4;
	}
}

while(num <= n)
{
	if(is_prime(num))
		printf("%u\n", num);
	inc = (-1*inc)+6;
	num += inc;
}

free_primes();

}

int main()
{
unsigned short t;
scanf("%u", &t);

while(t-- > 0)
{
	unsigned int m, n;
	scanf("%u", &m);
	scanf("%u", &n);

	print_prime_nos( m, n);

	printf("\n");
}

return 0;

}