Overview
- Public prosecutor Sudhir Sapkale filed a reply urging the Dindoshi sessions court to reject Chetansinh Chaudhary’s fresh bail plea, citing the gravity of the charges and a prima facie case on record.
- The prosecution said the defence’s mental-illness claims, including references to delusional disorder and white matter disease, are not convincing and should not be considered at this point in the trial.
- Umesa Khatoon, widow of victim Asghar Shaikh, intervened to oppose bail, arguing the case falls in the rarest-of-rare category and alleging the accused targeted passengers identified as Muslim.
- RPF and GRP personnel testified that they confronted an armed Chaudhary on the tracks near Mira Road, recovered his rifle and rounds, and apprehended him on a foot-over bridge after he allegedly threatened to shoot an officer.
- The trial remains part-heard in Mumbai, an earlier bail plea was rejected in December 2023, and the court is expected to take up the renewed bail application later this month.