19-year-old man gets bail after 40 days in jail for travelling on Mumbai local trains with fake ID

A magistrate’s court rejected his bail application following which an appeal was filed before the sessions court. (Representational)

AFTER SPENDING 40 days in jail for travelling to work on suburban local trains illegally during the lockdown, a 19-year-old man was granted bail by the sessions court this week.

Kurla resident Alim Patel was arrested on August 20 by the Dadar railway police for travelling with fake identity papers to reach his workplace in an upholstery unit in Mahim where he stitched car seats. The police booked him under sections pertaining to cheating, forgery, impersonating a public servant, the maximum punishment for which is…