Overview
- The High Court granted bail on March 30 on a Rs 15,000 bond with one surety and barred the driver from tampering with evidence in the December 2024 crash that killed nine people in Kurla.
- The judge said the driver had experience with conventional buses but received only three days of simulator lessons instead of the required seven days and no on‑road practice for electric buses.
- The court said the pivotal legal issue is whether the facts fit Section 105 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) or Section 106 (death by negligence).
- The order noted there was no claim the driver was unauthorized to be at the wheel and medical reports did not show alcohol or drug use at the time of the crash.
- The bench cited prolonged detention since December 2024 and a stalled trial with none of 96 witnesses examined as reasons to grant bail now.