5.10. Sullurpet is around 80 kms away from Chennai Central and it would take around a 1 ½ hrs to 2 hrs for a train to reach Sullurpet from Chennai Central. Had the deceased travelled, as alleged, he would have reached Sullurpet around 12.00 at midnight and at that time the station premises would be deserted and any incident of fall would have been noticed by the Railway officials in the Station. Further, if the deceased was taken by 108 ambulance, as claimed by the applicants, the arrival of ambulance and siren blaring would not have gone unnoticed by any person within a radius of 100 to 200 metres and as such every person, whether it is Railway Officials or public, would have noticed it. Further, if such a fall happened in the Railway premises or nearby tracks, the public who noticed such an incident, would have definitely informed about it to the Railway officials. But, in the present case, there is no record of such an untoward incident. If the fall had taken place at the south end of Sullurpet Raiwlay station, Guard of the train would have definitely noticed the incident but in the present case, there is no such report from the Guard of any train.
