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India Court Acquits 12 in Deadly 2006 Train Blasts Case
MUMBAI, INDIA, JUL 21 – The court overturned earlier death and life sentences citing coerced confessions and unreliable evidence in a case that killed 189 and injured over 800 people, the judges said.
- A court in India has acquitted 12 men previously convicted in the 2006 Mumbai train bombings, which resulted in 187 deaths and over 800 injuries.
- The Bombay High Court ruled that the prosecution had "utterly failed" to establish the accused's guilt in the case.
- The ruling overturned a previous decision that sentenced five of the accused to death and seven to life in prison.
- The court ordered the immediate release of the accused unless they are wanted in other cases.
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