New Delhi, July 24 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed Bombay High Court's judgement acquitting twelve accused persons in connection with the 2006 Mumbai train blasts.

A bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and N. Kotiswar Singh clarified that the stay order would not affect the accused persons' release from jail.

The top courts' decision came on a plea filed by the Maharashtra government following the Bombay High Court's July 21 decision to acquit twelve persons who were accused in the 2006 train blasts.

During the hearing, the Solicitor General of India (SGI) Tushar Mehta, appearing for Maharashtra, sought a stay of the Bombay High Court judgement by contending that certain findings of the said verdict will affect other cases being pr...