Updated On: 21 July, 2025 09:00 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Nineteen years after seven train blasts here killed more than 180 persons, the Bombay High Court on Monday acquitted all 12 accused, saying the prosecution utterly failed to prove the case and it was "hard to believe the accused committed the crime"

CM Fadnavis described the high court verdict as shocking. File Pic
The Maharashtra government will challenge the acquittal of 12 accused in the Mumbai 7/11 train blasts case by the Bombay High Court in the Supreme Court, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Monday, reported the PTI.
He described the high court verdict as shocking.
"I will go through the entire order. I have discussed with the lawyers, and the high court verdict will be challenged in the Supreme Court," he told reporters, as per the PTI.