US EditionSC Stays Bombay HC Order on 7/11 Mumbai Train Blasts Case; No Stay on Release of 12 Acquitted
MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA, JUL 24 – The Supreme Court stayed the acquittal citing potential impacts on ongoing organized crime trials under Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, while 12 accused remain free after nearly 19 years.
- On Thursday, July 24, the Supreme Court of India stayed the Bombay High Court’s acquittal of 12 men, allowing them to remain free pending appeal.
- The Bombay High Court noted the ATS failed to prove the offences beyond a reasonable doubt, ruled confessional statements were obtained through `barbaric and inhuman` torture, and invalidated identification parades due to procedural lapses.
- His mother, Husna Bano Bashir Khan, lamented, `More than half of our lives are gone.` after Asif Khan walked out of Pune’s Yerwada jail on July 21, reuniting with his family in Jalgaon.
- The Supreme Court clarified the stay will not send the men back to prison, the bench said the judgment won’t set precedent and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta argued it shields other MCOCA trials.
- The Supreme Court will hear the Maharashtra government’s appeal on July 24 before Justices M.M. Sundresh and N. Kotiswar Singh, with Solicitor General Tushar Mehta warning these legal findings could affect all MCOCA trials.
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Supreme Court Stays Bombay HC Decision of Acquitting 12 Accused in 2006 Mumbai Train Blasts
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and N. Kotiswar Singh clarified that the stay order would not affect the accused persons' release from jail. India News | Supreme Court Stays Bombay HC Decision of Acquitting 12 Accused in 2006 Mumbai Train Blasts.
Mumbai train blasts case: Supreme Court stays Bombay HC verdict acquitting all 12 accused
The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the Bombay High Court verdict acquitting all 12 accused in the 2006 Mumbai train bomb blasts case, which killed 189 people. A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh issued notice to all the accused in the case and sought their response on the appeal filed by the state government. The top court also clarified that the stay order will not affect the accused people's release from jail. Bombay High C…
Bittersweet homecoming for Jalgaon man acquitted in 2006 Mumbai train blasts case
Asif Khan, one of the 12 men acquitted by the Bombay High Court on July 21, returned to his home in Jalgaon after 19 years of incarceration. But what began as a long-awaited reunion turned bittersweet with the death of his newborn granddaughter
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