This is the moment a young man lies on a railway track while a train speeds over him.

The 24-year-old unidentified man captured the death-defying stunt on his mobile phone near the Jamalpur district of Bihar in India.

In the video footage, the man can be seen wandering around the secluded rail tracks waiting for the train to arrive, when he hears the train honking from a distance, he immediately goes and lies on the track waiting for the train to roll over him.

The train can then be seen approaching from the other side with a tremendous honking as the man holds on to his dear life waiting for the train to pass over him.

Within a few moments, the heavy passenger train speeds over him as he lay still in between the tracks. Within a few seconds the train passes by and the man gets up unhurt.

The man can also be seen celebrating the success and to have cheated the death. He can be seen celebrating with his hands in a victorious movement. He then approaches towards the camera.

It is not yet certain if the video has reached the right authorities and whether the man was booked for his death-defying act.