Mumbai, July 21 -- The Bombay High Court on Monday acquitted all 12 people who had been convicted by the trial court for their alleged roled in 2006 Mumbai Train blasts.

This important verdict came after 19 years. A special bench of the Bombay High Court ruled that the evidence relied by the prosecution was not conclusive to convict the accused persons. The court then ordered the immediate release of all the accused.

On the evening of July 11, 2006, bomb blasts took place at seven different places in the Mumbai local train within just 11 minutes. In this incident, 189 people lost their lives in the blast, while more than 827 passengers were injured.

The bombs were placed in first-class compartments of trains from Churchgate. They explo...