India, July 22 -- The Bombay High Court's acquittal of all 12 accused in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts that claimed 189 lives and injured nearly 800 has been greeted with anger, shock and despair among the victims and authorities.

The victims' families and survivors are heartbroken and outraged, with one of the injured in the deadly attack sarcastically saying 'no one did it'. However, families of the accused hailed the judgement and narrated their own stories of ordeal.

All 12 accused were convicted by a lower court in the bombing case, known as 7/11, when on July 11, 2006, seven RDX bombs went off in a span of just 11 minutes in the first-class coaches of Mumbai's suburban trains claiming 189 lives.

The High Court verdict was delivere...