law: Railways Act, 1989
  99. Responsibility of a railway administration after
  
  termination of transit.  
  (1) A railway administration shall be responsible as a bailee
  
  under sections 151, 152 and 161 of the Indian Contract- Act, 1872 (9 of 1872),
  
  for the loss, destruction, damage, deterioration or non-delivery of any
  
  consignment up to a period of seven day after the termination of transit :
  Provided  that where the consignment is at owner's risk
  
  rate the railway administration shall not be responsible as a bailee for such
  
  loss, destruction, damage, deterioration or non-delivery except on proof of
  
  negligence or misconduct on the part of the railway administration or of any of
  
  its servants.
  (2) The railway administration shall not be, responsible in any
  
  case for the loss, destruction, damage, deterioration or non-delivery of any
  
  consignment arising after the expiry of a period of seven days after the
  
  termination of transit.
  (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing
  
  provisions of this section, a railway administration shall not be responsible
  
  for the loss, destruction, damage, deterioration or non-delivery of perishable
  
  goods, animals, explosives and such dangerous or other goods as may be
  
  prescribed, after the termination of transit.
  (4) Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this section shall
  
  affect the liability of any person to pay any demurrage or wharfage, as the
  
  case may be, for so long as the consignment is not unloaded from the railway
  
  wagons or removed from the railway premises.