Mumbai Train Blasts: Maharashtra Government Challenges High Court Acquittals
The Maharashtra government has taken its appeal against the Bombay High Court's acquittal of 12 convicts in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts case to the Supreme Court. The government argues procedural errors and overlooks in evidence evaluation, notably questioning the discrediting of RDX recovery on a 'hyper-technical' lac seal issue.
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The Maharashtra government has escalated its challenge to the Bombay High Court's decision, which acquitted all 12 convicts of the 2006 Mumbai train blasts case, by approaching the Supreme Court. Major grounds for the appeal include the high court's dismissal of key evidence due to what the government calls 'hyper-technical' reasons.
The state government criticized the high court for ignoring critical procedural compliance under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) and claimed the court overlooked the sufficiency of approvals in the prosecution's evidence. Furthermore, the judgment disregarded the recovery of RDX and other explosives due to technical reasons like the lack of a lac seal.
The appeal, filed urgently, questions the high court's handling of the confession of an accused and the evidentiary value of explosives found. It also references major instances of judicial oversight of the historic judgment precedents regarding the 2006 blast, which killed over 180 people.
(With inputs from agencies.)
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