NEW DELHI, July 21 (Xinhua) — The Bombay High Court on Monday acquitted the 12 individuals convicted, together with 5 on loss of life row, within the 2006 Mumbai practice blasts case that killed 189 individuals and wounded over 800 others, officers stated.
The excessive court docket held that the prosecution had totally failed to ascertain its case towards all of the accused and put aside the Sept. 30, 2015, judgment of the particular Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act court docket after discovering no proof to uphold the responsible verdict.
“The prosecution has totally did not show the case towards the accused. It is difficult to imagine that the accused dedicated the crime. Hence, their conviction is quashed and put aside,” the Bombay High Court stated.
Questioning the trustworthiness of sure prosecution witnesses and the Test Identification Parade of among the accused, the court docket ordered the discharge of the convicts if they don’t seem to be required to be detained in every other case.
The court docket additionally stated that the explosives, arms and maps recovered throughout the investigation gave the impression to be unrelated to the blasts. The prosecution, it stated, couldn’t even show what sort of bombs had been used within the blasts.
On July 11, 2006, seven bombs exploded inside 10 minutes throughout the night rush hour on trains in Mumbai, the monetary and leisure capital of India, leaving 189 lifeless and over 800 wounded.
The bombs exploded close to the stations of Matunga Road, Mahim Junction, Bandra, Khar Road, Jogeshwari, Bhayandar and Borivali.
A trial court docket in 2015 convicted 12 individuals within the blasts case.
