Archive · 14 Sep 2025
Mumbai Blast Acquittee Seeks ₹9 Crore for Wrongful Imprisonment
In 2006, bombs exploded on Mumbai trains.
Abdul Wahid Shaikh was accused but later found innocent after 9 years by a trial court, and fully acquitted in July 2025.
He is now asking for ₹9 crore to make up for being wrongly locked up and mistreated.
He says the jail time hurt his career, education, and health, and that his children faced stigma.
He is now a school teacher and is supporting his family.
He also says he was brutally tortured.
Abdul Wahid Shaikh seeks ₹9 crore compensation.
Shaikh was acquitted in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts case.
He claims he suffered custodial torture.
The Bombay High Court acquitted all accused in July 2025.
Shaikh is a school teacher.
- Who
- Abdul Wahid Shaikh, acquitted in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts case.
- What
- Shaikh is seeking ₹9 crore compensation for wrongful imprisonment and custodial torture.
- When
- July 11, 2006 (blasts); 2015 (trial court acquittal); July 2025 (Bombay High Court acquitted)
- Where
- Mumbai
- Why
- Shaikh claims the period of imprisonment caused him irreparable damage and that he suffered from custodial torture.
Accused Perspective
Legal & Governmental Perspective
Incarceration Impact
Accused Perspective
Shaikh asserts that wrongful imprisonment significantly damaged his life, career, and health, and caused emotional and financial distress to his family.
Legal & Governmental Perspective
Human rights commissions will receive the claim for compensation.
Justification for Compensation
Accused Perspective
Shaikh is seeking compensation for being falsely accused and imprisoned.
Legal & Governmental Perspective
Legal process, including investigations, trials, and potential appeals, can sometimes lead to pre-trial incarceration while justice is sought.
- Event
- 2006 Mumbai train blasts
- Accused Seeking Compensation
- Abdul Wahid Shaikh
- Compensation Sought
- ₹9 crore
- Basis for Compensation
- Wrongful imprisonment, custodial torture
- Court that Acquitted
- Bombay High Court
- Trial Court Acquittal
- 2015
- Shaikh's Current Occupation
- School Teacher
Sources
Mumbai train blasts: Acquitted man seeks Rs 9 cr compensation for wrongful incarceration
Man Acquitted In 2006 Mumbai Blast Case Seeks 9 Crores For "Custodial Torture"
Why I travelled to Nagpur to read out a Bombay High Court verdict over a friend’s grave
Mumbai blasts acquitted man seeks Rs 9 cr compensation
