Preliminary inquiry found that lintel work was underway when the supporting shuttering, locally known as ‘balli’, apparently gave way, causing the structure to collapse.
The building, which housed a boys' paying guest accommodation near Delhi University's South Campus, collapsed around 1.30 pm while repair work was underway at its basement on September 6.
Stating that the plea would be listed on its turn, the bench added, "What's so urgent? You should not file the petition just in air. What is the technical information available to you?"
Additional Sessions Judge Saurabh Partap Singh Laler denied the pre-arrest bail, noting that Tyagi had suppressed a rent agreement showing him as a lessee of the building.
