The Bombay Excessive Court docket in a landmark choice on Monday acquitted all 12 accused within the 2006 Mumbai practice blast incident, nearly twenty years after the assault killed greater than 180 individuals.
Announcing the order, the bench stated that the prosecution completely did not show the case and it was “onerous to consider the accused dedicated the crime”.
The courtroom allowed the appeals filed by the accused difficult their conviction and sentences imposed on them by a particular courtroom in 2015 relating to the Mumbai practice blasts.
The particular courtroom had sentenced 5 out of the 12 accused to demise, whereas the remaining seven had been sentenced to life imprisonment. One of many accused on demise row handed away in 2021.
Mumbai serial blasts: Who’re the acquitted individuals?
The demise row convicts within the 7/11 Mumbai practice blast incident had been Kamal Ansari (now useless), Mohammad Faisal Ataur Rahman Shaikh, Ehtesham Qutubuddin Siddiqui, Naveed Hussain Khan and Asif Khan.
The courtroom had imposed life imprisonment on 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 Rehman Shaikh.
Right here is every part to find out about them:
1. Kamal Ansari: Ansari was accused of planting the bomb that exploded at Matunga, after having obtained arms coaching in Pakistan. A Bihar resident, he died in 2021 whereas awaiting listening to of the enchantment at age 50.
2. Mohammad Faisal Rahman Shaikh: A resident of Thane’s Mira Highway space, he was accused of being one of many fundamental conspirators of the Mumbai practice blasts. As per prosecution, Shaikh, 50, acquired cash from Pakistan, assembled the bombs and planted considered one of them on a practice.
3. Ehtesham Qutubuddin Siddiqui: It was alleged that Siddiqui had performed a recce of the trains forward of the assault and planting a bomb in one of many trains.
4. Naveed Hussain Khan Rasheed: Rasheed, a former name centre worker, was arrested from Secunderabad on costs of assembling the bombs and planting considered one of them on a practice that exploded in Bandra.
5. Asif Khan: Khan, 52, was accused of serving to assemble the bombs and planting an explosive that went off in Borivali. The Jalgaon resident was additionally accused of being a key member of SIMI.
6. Tanveer Ahmed Mohammed Ibrahim Ansari: A resident of Mumbai’s Agripada, Ansari was accused of visiting Pakistani terror camps and finishing up a recce of Mumbai native trains.
7. Mohammed Shafi: He was accused of procuring cash from Pakistan for the blasts by way of a hawala racket.
8. Shaikh Mohammed Ali Alam: This 55-year-old was sentenced to life on costs of assembling bombs at his Govandi residence alongwith assist of Pakistanis who entered India. Alam was additionally accused of being a key SIMI member.
9. Mohammed Sajid Margub Ansari: The 47-year-old, a resident of Mira Highway, was accused of getting the timers for the bombs, serving to to assemble them and harbouring two Pakistani nationals.
10. Muzammil Rahman Shaikh: Aged 20 through the time of the incident, Shaikh was the youngest accused within the case, who allegedly obtained coaching in Pakistan and performed a recce of the native trains. He was a software program engineer.
11. Suhail Mehmood Shaikh: The 55-year-old was arrested for taking arms coaching in Pakistan and conducting a recce of the trains.
12. Zameer Ahmed Rehman: Rehman, now 50, was accused of attending conspiracy conferences and taking coaching in Pakistan.
