The Supreme Court on Thursday acquitted the Bombay High Court verdict to all the 12 accused in the 2006 Mumbai train blast case, following concerns raised by the state about the possible legal effects of the decision.
During the hearing, the Maharashtra government said that there was no intention or request to seek immediate imprisonment of persons acquitted by the prosecution. However, he said that the High Court’s decision raised important legal questions and can be quoted as an example in future matters, warrant of judicial inquiry.
Focusing on the submission, the apex court allowed the accused to stay on the order of being acquitted on the order of the High Court.
The court also issued notice to the acquitted persons, demanding their response.
On July 11, 2006, 189 people were killed and more than 800 injured in the serial blast on the suburban train network in Mumbai.
The Maharashtra government on Monday shifted the apex court challenging Bari by Bombay HC. Demanding an immediate hearing in the case, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appeared to Maharashtra, informed a bench headed by Chief Justice Brai of India, “This is a serious matter from the government’s point of view … is an element of urgency.”
On Monday, the Bombay High Court nominated a special court’s verdict of September 2015 under the Organized Crime Act of Maharashtra Control (MCOCA), who sentenced five convicts to death and gave life period to seven in 7/11 Mumbai train blasts.
The culprits have already spent more than 18 years of jail.
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While the special court acquitted a person, the state government did not file an appeal against the High Court against him. One person died while in jail.
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