My comment is only on "QUESTION 3 -- Justice Bannerji states the passengers who suffered injuries on the upper portion of their bodies crawled towards the door on their elbows and got away without much injury. ..."
When petrol (or alcohol or kerosene oil or any other liquid) burns, it is actually the *vapour* that burns and forms the flame. If you soak a wad of cotton in petrol and light it, the cotton will start burning only after the petrol has mostly or entirely burnt out.
In the railway coach, petrol poured on the floor and lit would have produced petrol vapour that would rise to the upper part of the coach and burn there. The flames would easily move to areas away from the place where the liquid was originally poured.
In view of the above, the interpretation given by the Bannerji panel is puerile.
