Archive · 4 Nov 2025
Bombay HC allows Abu Jundal trial to resume, quashing lower court order
Imagine a man named Abu Jundal is on trial for helping terrorists who attacked Mumbai.
He asked for some secret papers to prove where he was arrested.
A lower court said yes, but the government didn't want to give those papers because they were secret.
The government went to a higher court, the Bombay High Court.
The High Court agreed with the government and said the secret papers don't have to be given to Abu Jundal.
This means the trial can finally start again after being stopped for a long time.
Abu Jundal is accused of teaching the attackers how to speak like locals and teaching them about the city.
The Bombay High Court has allowed the trial of Abu Jundal, an alleged handler for the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, to resume.
The High Court quashed a lower court's order from 2018 that had directed authorities to provide confidential documents to Jundal.
Abu Jundal is accused of training the 10 terrorists involved in the 26/11 attacks and teaching them Hindi and local mannerisms.
The trial had been on hold since 2018 due to the legal challenge by government authorities against the lower court's order.
Jundal was deported from Saudi Arabia to India in June 2012 and has faced multiple terror charges.
- Who
- Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal, Delhi Police, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Ministry of External Affairs, Bombay High Court
- What
- The Bombay High Court quashed a lower court order that required authorities to hand over confidential documents to Abu Jundal, clearing the way for his trial in the 26/11 terror attacks case to resume.
- When
- Monday (judgment date); Trial stalled since 2018.
- Where
- Bombay High Court; 26/11 attacks in Mumbai; Arrest claimed in Delhi; Deportation from Saudi Arabia.
- Why
- The High Court upheld the government's petition that the lower court's order to furnish confidential documents was 'bad in law', thereby allowing the trial to proceed.
Government Authorities
Abu Jundal (Accused)
Furnishing of Confidential Documents
Government Authorities
Argued the trial court's order to furnish confidential documents was 'bad in law' and sought to quash it.
Abu Jundal (Accused)
Sought specific confidential documents to substantiate his claim of arrest and deportation from Saudi Arabia.
- Accused
- Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal
- Case
- 26/11 Mumbai Terror Attacks Trial
- Court
- Bombay High Court
- Trial Status
- Resumed after being stalled since 2018
- Key Allegation
- Taught Hindi and local mannerisms to 10 terrorists involved in 26/11 attacks
- Arrest Location
- Delhi Airport (according to Delhi Police); sought to prove arrest in Saudi Arabia.
- Deportation
- Deported from Saudi Arabia to India in June 2012