Judge Samir Dave of the Gujarat High Court withdrew on Thursday from hearing the regular bail request of an Oreva Group manager who was imprisoned for his suspected involvement in the collapse of the Morbi bridge last year, which resulted in the deaths of 135 people.
Justice Samir Dave refused to hear manager Dinesh Dave’s bail request, declaring “not before me,” although he did not provide a justification for the choice
One of the ten suspects detained by police after the collapse of a suspension bridge built in the British period in the Gujarati town of Morbi in October of last year is Dinesh Dave
When the bridge, which Oreva Group maintained and managed, fell days after it had been reopened after repairs, up to 135 people were killed and 56 seriously wounded.
Notably, Justice Dave recently granted ordinary bail for the five defendants in the case—two ticket takers and three security officers—who the business had stationed on the bridge.
The managing director of the Oreva Group, Jaysukh Patel, company managers Dipak Parekh and Dinesh Dave, and subcontractors Prakash Parmar and Devang Parmar, who were employed by the business to complete repairs on the more than 100-year-old structure, are all still in jail in connection with the case
More than 200 people were on the suspension bridge in Morbi town, which spans the Machchhu River, when it fell on October 30
A chargesheet in the case had been submitted by the Morbi police in January.<br /> Along with other charges, all 10 defendants have been charged under Indian Penal Code section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
