7/11 local train blasts case accused are innocent, languishing in jail for 18 years: HC told

The accused persons in the July 11, 2006, local train blasts case have been languishing in jail for the past 18 years despite being innocent, a senior counsel submitted to the Bombay High Court on Monday.

The senior counsel urged the high court to acquit the convicts and set aside their convictions.

Arguing before a special bench of Justices Anil Kilor and Shyam Chandak, senior advocate S Muralidhar, representing two of the convicts sentenced to life imprisonment, alleged a “pattern” wherein investigating agencies show “communal bias” while probing terror-related cases.