Mumbai
The Maharashtra government has challenged the Bombay High Court verdict in the 2006 Mumbai train blast case in the Supreme Court, acquitting all 12 accused. More than 180 people were killed and hundreds were injured in this terrorist attack. The Supreme Court has fixed July 24 for hearing this petition.
On 11 July 2006, the serial bomb blasts in Mumbai’s local trains shook the entire country. Many trains were targeted in these attacks, resulting in heavy loss of life. After investigation of the case, 12 people were accused, but recently the Bombay High Court acquitted all the accused in the absence of evidence. The Maharashtra government has filed an appeal in the Supreme Court, calling this decision of the High Court “inappropriate in the interest of justice”. The government argues that there is strong evidence in this case and the High Court’s decision has failed to do justice to the victims.
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The Mumbai High Court on Monday, on 11 July 2006, acquitted all the 12 accused in the case of seven bomb blasts in Mumbai in Mumbai, saying that the prosecution had failed to prove the case against them and it is difficult to believe that the accused have committed the crime.
The decision came 19 years after the terrorist attack that shook the city’s Western Railway Network. More than 180 people lost their lives in this attack and many others were injured. This decision of the court is a matter of extreme embarrassment for the Maharashtra Anti -Terrorism Squad (ATS), which investigated the matter. The agency claimed that the accused were a member of the banned organization ‘Students Islamic Movement of India’ (SIMI) and they hatched the conspiracy with Pakistani members of the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LET).
The High Court declared unacceptable, indicating to ‘copy’ all the confessions of the accused. The court further reduced the credibility of the Iqbalia statement, saying that the accused have successfully established that they were tortured for these Iqbalia statements. The court also said that the provisions of Maharashtra organized crime control syndicate (MCOCA) would not be applicable in this case and the approval was given ‘in a mechanical manner without thinking’.
A special bench of Justice Anil Kilor and Justice Shyam Chandak said that the prosecution has also failed to bring the type of bombs used in the crime and the evidence he tried to convince the accused. The High Court said in its 671 -page decision, “Punishment of the real criminal of a crime, curb criminal activities, maintain the rule of law and ensure the safety and safety of the citizens.”
The bench said, “But making false preten to resolve a case- showing that the accused have been brought into the dock of justice only creates a feeling of confusion.” The bench said, “Such misleading conclusions not only weaken the trust of the public, but also gives false comfort to the society, while the real danger is still free. Originally, this reflects the truth of this matter. ”
The High Court quashed the conviction of 12 persons, saying that there is no evidence of the statements of the witnesses and the alleged seizures from the accused. Out of these, five accused were sentenced to death by special court and seven to life imprisonment.
The local train of Mumbai at various places on the western line led to seven explosions on July 11, 2006, in which more than 180 people were killed and many others were injured. The culprits who were sentenced to death by the special court included Kamal Ansari (now dead), Mohammad Faisal Ataur Rahman Sheikh, Ehtesham Qutubuddin Siddiqui, Naveed Hussain Khan and Asif Khan. The special court found him guilty of placing bombs and several other allegations.
It had sentenced Tanveer Ahmed Mohammad Ibrahim Ansari, Mohammad Majeed Mohammad Shafi, Sheikh Mohammad Ali Alam Sheikh, Mohammad Sajid Margub Ansari, Muzammil Ataur Rahman Sheikh, Suhail Mahmood Sheikh and Zamir Ahmed Latiur Rahman Sheikh. An accused, Wahid Sheikh, was acquitted by the lower court in 2015.
The High Court said, “The prosecution has completely failed to prove the case against the accused. It is difficult to believe that the accused have committed this crime, so their conviction is canceled. ”The bench refused to confirm the death penalty and the remaining seven accused by the special court in 2015 and refused to confirm the sentence of life imprisonment and acquitted them.
The court said that if the accused are not wanted in any other case, they should be released immediately from jail. The court said that there is no evidence of prosecution evidence, statements of witnesses and alleged seizures from the accused and hence it cannot be called a decisive evidence for conviction. In 2015, 12 people were convicted by a special court in 2015, out of which five were sentenced to death sentence and remaining seven to life imprisonment. One convict died during the pending hearing of the appeal.