Overview
- Additional Sessions Judge G.T. Pawar rejected the anticipatory bail pleas, saying pre-arrest relief cannot be granted at this stage.
- The FIR filed on November 1 names Assistant Divisional Engineer Vishal Dolas and Senior Section Engineer Samar Yadav under BNS Sections 105 and 125(a)(b).
- GRP alleges repeated caution orders from March to June flagged a damaged Mumbra–Diva track that was not repaired, with investigators examining maintenance logs and communications.
- Police accounts state five passengers died and more than fifteen were injured after commuters on footboards fell when two trains crossed on a sharp curve.
- The engineers contend overcrowding caused the tragedy, while counsel disputes a railway report referencing a bag and questions a panchnama conducted two days later, as CCTV and station records are reviewed.