Overview

• The Bombay High Court on July 21 overturned a 2015 Special MCOCA court verdict that sentenced 12 men to death or life for the July 11, 2006 train bombings in Mumbai
• A bench of Justices Anil Kilor and Shyam Chandak found that prosecution witnesses gave inconsistent accounts and that confessional statements were inadmissible due to allegations of torture
• The court ordered the immediate release of the accused unless they face other charges, and two of the men have already been freed from Nagpur Central Jail
• Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis confirmed the state government has filed a petition in the Supreme Court, which will hear arguments on July 24
• Survivors and legal experts have criticised the Maharashtra ATS investigation and highlighted concerns over procedural safeguards in terror prosecutions