India, Nov. 25 -- A second bail application was filed on Monday on behalf of Chetan Singh Chaudhary, a former Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable who is standing trial for the murder of his senior officer and three identifiably Muslim passengers on board the Jaipur-Mumbai Superfast Express in the early hours of July 31, 2023.

The application filed at the Dinsodhi sessions court says that Chaudhary has spent 28 months in jail. He "has been declared mentally unstable", requires "love, need and care" from his family members, and has two children "eagerly waiting for their father's release", the application states.

Filed by advocates Amit Mishra and Pankaj S Ghildiyal, part of the defence team headed by advocate Jaywant Patil, the appl...