No one planted the bomb! All 12 accused in 2006 Mumbai train blast case that killed 187 acquitted due to….

2006 Mumbai Tell Blasts Case: In essentially the most trendy and predominant vogue within the 2006 Mumbai convey blasts case, the Bombay High Court, after 19 years since a series of coordinated blasts that killed extra than 180 innocent people, on Monday acquitted all 12 accused, declaring that the prosecution “fully failed” to bid the involvement of these 12 men within the blasts on Mumbai’s suburban trains. The court docket extra dominated that the proof that the prosecution presented was unreliable and insufficient for a conviction.

Big Setback For The Maharashtra ATS

The judgment given by the Mumbai HC is considered as a predominant setback for the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), which aloof your total proof and led the probe into one in all the worst apprehension assaults in Mumbai’s historical past.

The coordinated blasts took place at some level of bustle hour between 6:23 and 6:28 pm on July 11, 2006. The explosions took space in seven coaches on the western suburban line, killing over 180 people and injuring 829.

What HC Had Acknowledged All thru Its Verdict?

The bench, including Justices Anil Kilor and Shyam Chandak, was no longer elated with the prosecution and realized severe lapses within the investigation. The bench said that prosecution has ‘fully failed’ to bid the involvement of the 12 men within the blasts.

“The prosecution has fully did now not bid the case against the accused. It's laborious to indulge in that the accused dedicated the crime. Due to the this fact their conviction is quashed and assign of dwelling aside,” the bench said in its judgment.

The Court Discarded Major Proof, Conception Testimonies

Elevating severe concerns over procedural lapses within the probe, the court docket said that miserable dealing with was performed at some level of the recovery of the objects akin to explosives and circuit boxes, used to assemble the bombs. The final eyewitnesses, including the taxi driver, people that seen the bomb planting, all were rejected by the HC.

“The glance statements are no longer credible or valid and conclusive to convict the accused. The proof is no longer safe to rely on and the defence has succeeded in shattering the identical,” PTI quoted the judgment.

The court docket dominated the suspect identification map inaccurate attributable to unauthorized police officers conducting the lineup. Furthermore, the court docket solid doubt on the reliability of glance identifications, given the a whole lot of time elapsed—four months post-incident and 4 years later in court docket—arguing insufficient opportunity for correct identification.

In line with a listing by the PTI, the special bench of the Bombay High Court also dismissed the alleged confessional statements of a few of the accused.

2015 Convictions Quashed As Court Acquits All Accused

In 2015, a varied court docket had convicted 12 men within the case—5 were sentenced to loss of life and 7 to lifestyles imprisonment. The Bombay excessive court docket has now assign of dwelling aside all these convictions, directing that the accused be launched from penal complicated except considerable in any varied case.

In 2015, a varied court docket had convicted 12 men within the case, announcing loss of life sentences to 5 and lifer to seven others. now, the Bombay HC has assign of dwelling aside all these convictions and offered a new verdict that every 12 accused be launched from penal complicated.

5 people—Kamal Ansari (deceased), Mohammad Faisal Ataur Rahman Shaikh, Ehtesham Qutubuddin Siddiqui, Naveed Hussain Khan, and Asif Khan—got the loss of life penalty. Seven others—Tanveer Ahmed Mohammed Ibrahim Ansari, Mohammed Majid Mohammed Shafi, Shaikh Mohammed Ali Alam Shaikh, Mohammed Sajid Margub Ansari, Muzammil Ataur Rahman Shaikh, Suhail Mehmood Shaikh, and Zameer Ahmed Latiur Rehman Shaikh—were given lifestyles imprisonment.