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šŸ“¢ ā€œBombay HC Drops Train Blast Death Row! šŸ˜² Justice After 19 Years!ā€

TL;DR: On July 21, 2025, the Bombay High Court shocked everyone by acquitting all 12 menĀ who were earlier convicted in the deadly 2006 Mumbai train blastsĀ that killed ~189 commuters and injured ~800. It overturned death sentencesĀ for five and life termsĀ for seven others. The bench slammed the prosecution, highlighting serious failures in investigation, torture allegations, and lack of proof. This is a huge moment, showing deep cracks in Indiaā€™s justice system for terror cases.

šŸ”„ What Really Happened?

  • July 11, 2006: Seven bomb blasts went off one after another in Mumbaiā€™s Western suburban local trains during the crazy evening rush hour, killing 189 peopleĀ and hurting around 824Ā others šŸ’„šŸš†

  • A special courtĀ in Sept 2015Ā said 12 out of 13 arrested were guiltyā€”giving death sentenceĀ to five and life imprisonmentĀ to the rest šŸ˜–āš–ļø

āš–ļø Todayā€™s Groundbreaking Verdict

  • A bench of Justices Anil KilorĀ and S.C. ChandakĀ said the police and prosecution ā€œcompletely failed to proveā€Ā the case šŸ¤ÆšŸ“‰

  • All 12 men are now fully acquitted, even the ones who were on death row and waiting for execution for nearly a decade šŸ•ŠļøšŸ˜±

  • Court found major goof-ups like:

    • Confessions by the accused that were all carbon copiesā€”probably taken under tortureĀ šŸ˜”šŸ’¢

    • No solid evidenceĀ that bombs were planted by them šŸ˜‘šŸ’£

    • EyewitnessesĀ didnā€™t really help muchā€”many forgot things or were unreliable šŸ‘€āŒ

    • Bomb samples were mishandled, not sealed properlyā€”messy investigation šŸ§ŖšŸ“‚

šŸ§  Why This Matters

  • 19 years wasted: These men lost almost 2 decades in prisonā€”some under death sentence, away from family and society šŸ˜¢šŸ’”

  • Justice system exposed: It shows how careless or one-sided terror probes can wreck innocent lives šŸ”šŸ›‘

  • State plans to appeal: Maharashtra government is likely to go to Supreme CourtĀ to challenge this verdict šŸšØšŸ‘Øā€āš–ļø

  • This case could now set a big precedentĀ for other wrongly jailed terror accused across India šŸ“£āš–ļø

šŸ’¬ What People Are Saying

  • Asaduddin Owaisi (MP)Ā said:

    ā€œWhat about the accountability of those who investigated this case? Will anyone be punished?ā€ šŸ”„šŸ—£ļø

  • Families of the acquitted are in tears of reliefā€”their loved ones are finally free after losing their youth in jail šŸ˜­šŸ™

  • Survivors of the blasts are confusedā€”asking why no one is punishedĀ for such a big attack šŸ˜žšŸ’¬

šŸ“Š Flashback Stats

Date

Blast Fatalities

Injured

July 11, 2006

~189 killed

~824 injured

  • Conviction Year: 2015

  • Acquittal: 2025ā€”All 12 go free

šŸ§­ MediaFx POV

From a people-first view, this case screams system failure! šŸ¤¬ How can the State play with lives like this? 19 years in jail without proof, without justice, just because they were Muslim, poor and easy targets? This is not just a failureā€”itā€™s cruelty. We need to fix this system before more innocent lives are ruined. The people demand accountability, not cover-ups. šŸ‘ŠšŸ›‘


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