NEW DELHI, July 21 (BBC): A court in India has acquitted 12 men who had been convicted in the 2006 Mumbai train bombings that killed 187 people and injured more than 800.
Judges had in 2015 sentenced five of the accused to death and the remaining seven to life imprisonment.
On Monday, a two-judge bench of the Bombay High Court overturned the earlier order, ruling that the prosecution had "utterly failed" to establish that the accused had committed the offences for which they had been convicted.
The prosecution can appeal against the order in a higher court.
On 11 July 2006, seven blasts ripped through the busy commuter trains during the evening rush hour in one of India's deadliest militant attacks.
The bombs, packed into seven pressure cookers and put in bags, detonated within six minutes of each other.
The blasts took place in the areas of Matunga, Khar, Mahim, Jogeshwari, Borivali and Mira Road, with most on moving trains and two at stations.
Court acquits 12 men in Mumbai train bombings that killed 187 persons
FE Team | Published: July 22, 2025 00:53:16
Court acquits 12 men in Mumbai train bombings that killed 187 persons
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