New Delhi/IBNS, July 24 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the Bombay High Court order that acquitted all 12 who were accused in the 2006 Mumbai train bomb blasts case, media reports said.

The top court has issued a notice to all the accused.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who represented the Maharashtra government, sought a stay order on the High Court verdict but did not push for a stay on the release of the acquitted people.

The top court too did not stay the release of the acquitted people, who were convicted by a lower court in the bombing that had killed 189 people.

A trial court had sentenced five of the 12 accused to death in 2015, while the rest were handed life imprisonment.

The verdict comes 19 years after the serial...