Man acquitted in 2006 Mumbai train blasts seeks Rs 9 crore for 9 years in jail

Following the Bombay High Court’s July ruling that overturned the convictions of all 12 men in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts case, Wahid Deen Mohammad Shaikh, the sole person acquitted by the trial court in 2015, has now sought ₹9 crore as compensation for nine years of wrongful imprisonment.

In a statement issued on Friday (September 12, 2025), Mr. Shaikh said he had approached the National Human Rights Commission, Delhi and Maharashtra; National Commission for Minorities, Government of India; Minority Development Department (Minority Commission), government of Maharashtra, demanding recognition of what he termed an “irreparable loss” to his liberty, dignity, and life trajectory.

Arrested at the age of 28 under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), Mr. Shaikh spent nine years in Arthur Road Jail before being acquitted by the special MCOCA court on September 11, 2015. The trial court, presided over by Judge Y.D. Shinde, found no evidence against him, and his acquittal has not been challenged by the State.