The Allahabad High Court has set aside the conviction of a Muslim man in the 1996 Ghaziabad bus bomb blast case, stating that the prosecution had “miserably failed to prove the charges”, Live Law reported.

In its order on November 10, a division bench of Justices Siddharth J and Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra stated that it was acquitting Mohammad Ilyas “with a heavy heart” as the “terrorist” attack, which killed 18 persons and injured 48 others, had “shocked the conscience of society”.

The case pertains to a blast that took place inside a bus on April 27, 1996.

The prosecution had alleged that the attack was carried out by Abdul Mateen, a Pakistani national and alleged district commander of the terrorist group Harkat-ul-Ansar, in conspiracy with Ilyas and a person identified as Tasle

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