New Delhi. In Mumbai’s local trains, the Supreme Cart has imposed an interim stay on the High Court’s decision in the 2006 bomb blast case. The High Court acquitted 12 accused. The apex court said that the High Court’s verdict would not be considered an example. However, the Supreme Court also clarified that the accused who have been acquitted are not banned, they will not be sent back to jail. The Maharashtra government challenged the Mumbai High Court’s decision in the apex court. A bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice N. Kotishwar Singh issued a notice to all the accused and sought a reply from them within a month.
On behalf of the Maharashtra government, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said that we are not demanding to send the acquitted people back to jail, but the order of the High Court can affect MCOCA cases. On this, the Supreme Court bench clarified that it would not have any effect on other cases of MCOCA. Let us tell you that on July 21, the High Court, while giving the verdict of this case, acquitted 12 accused for lack of evidence. The court had said that government lawyers failed to prove that the accused were involved in crime, so they are ordered to be acquitted.
After this, the process of release of the accused from jail also started. However, people were not satisfied with this decision of the High Court. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis himself described it as a shocking decision. Remind that in 2006, a series of bomb blasts were done in 7 local trains in Mumbai. 5 blasts took place in moving trains while 2 blasts were in trains parked on the platform. About 189 people died in this blast.
