Once upon a time, there was a great king called Vikramaditya - the WAM-4 - Shashank

PART-II RAC IN FC/1A COACHES.
B.Next we took up my question to him whether 1 additional passenger per LB is permitted to travel in FC/1AC during the day time. In other words a total of 6 passengers per cabin and 3 per coupe with the sitting passengers expected to DEBOARD or VACATE these coaches before 9 pm, to enable the reserved passengers to occupy their berths. According to Mr. Singh, such a practice was in vogue a long time ago but has since been dispensed with by IR.