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Mumbra Train Incident: The anticipatory bail applications of two railway engineers, booked for culpable homicide in connection with the Mumbra train accident that claimed five lives in June this year, were rejected on Thursday. A Thane court declined the anticipatory bail applications of Central Railway engineers who have been named in an FIR.

Additional Sessions Judge GT Pawar, after hearing the pleas, in his order said pre-arrest bail cannot be granted to the duo at this stage.

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Advocate Baldev Rajput appeared for the railway engineers. Additional Public Prosecutor Manisha Pawse opposed the bail pleas, while Investigating Officer (IO)ACP Sudhakar Shirsat appeared in court to present the case and formally oppose the grant of pre-arrest bail.
Shirsat also emphasised the severity of the charges and the ongoing investigation.

Five Passengers Were Killed On June 9

Earlier on June 9, two trains, one headed to Kasara and the other towards Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, were passing each other at a sharp curve when some commuters on the footboard of the coaches fell onto the tracks after their backpacks brushed against each other. Following a probe, the Thane railway police recently booked a senior section engineer and a section engineer of Central Railway under section 125(a)(b) (acts endangering life or personal safety of others) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

Accident Took Place Due To Overcrowding Not Because Of Any Lapses: Accused

The accused engineers told a court that the incident took place not due to any lapses on their part but because of overcrowding. The two accused engineers said this in their pre-arrest bail application, which came up for hearing before Additional Sessions Judge GT Pawar.

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The Government Railway Police (GRP) on November 1 registered a case against assistant divisional engineer Vishal Dolas, senior section engineer Samar Yadav and other railway officers and employees, who had the responsibility of maintenance of the railway tracks. They were booked under sections 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 125 (a) (b) (acts endangering life or personal safety of others) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). The Thane GRP had earlier registered an accidental death case. (With PTI inputs)

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