Archive · 11 Jan 2026
Mumbai Blasts: 12 Acquitted After 19 Years
In July 2025, the Bombay High Court acquitted 12 people who were convicted in the 7/11 train blasts.
One of them, Naveed Hussain Khan, spent 19 years in jail.
He was in Hyderabad when the blasts happened and was around 26 years old when arrested.
While in prison, he learned Arabic and completed his graduation in Marathi.
This was his first interview after being released.
The court's decision overturned a 2015 order, and many of those acquitted spoke about the torture and harassment they faced during their time in prison.
Bombay High Court acquitted 12 individuals convicted in the 7/11 train blasts in July 2025.
Naveed Hussain Khan, one of the acquitted, spent 19 years in prison and was in Hyderabad during the blasts.
Khan learned Arabic and completed his graduation in Marathi during his imprisonment.
The acquittal overturned a 2015 Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court order.
Many acquitted individuals alleged torture and harassment during their 19-year imprisonment.
- Who
- 12 individuals, including Naveed Hussain Khan, acquitted in the 7/11 train blasts case
- What
- Acquittal of individuals after 19 years of imprisonment
- When
- July 2025
- Where
- Bombay High Court
- Why
- Bombay High Court set aside the 2015 MCOCA court order
- Number of acquitted individuals
- 12
- Duration of imprisonment
- 19 years
- Year of acquittal
- 2025
- Location of acquitted individual
- Hyderabad
- Education during imprisonment
- Graduation in Marathi
- Language learned in prison
- Arabic
- University attended
- Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University