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Bombay HC grants bail to Kurla bus driver, flags lack of electric bus training
Updated On: 03 April, 2026 08:59 AM IST | Mumbai | Agencies
Court flags lack of practical training for electric bus drivers; says lapse may have led to fatal accident

The site of the accident involving an out-of-control BEST bus in which nine lives were lost at Kurla. PIC/SAYYED SAMEER ABEDI
The Bombay High Court has granted bail to the driver of a BEST bus that mowed down nine people in Mumbai’s Kurla area in December 2024, terming it “shocking” that drivers received no practical training to operate electric buses.
Bail granted
Justice RM Joshi on March 30 granted bail to Sanjay More on a personal bond of Rs 15,000. More had been in jail since his arrest immediately after the accident.
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