In this July 11, 2006 file photo, policemen investigate around a train coach destroyed by a bomb blast at Matunga railway station in Mumbai, India. | Photo Credit: AP The accused persons in the July 11, 2006, local train blasts case have been languishing in jail for the past 18 years despite being innocent, a senior counsel submitted to the Bombay High Court (HC) on Monday (January 13, 2025). The senior counsel urged the high court to acquit the convicts and set aside their convictions. Arguing before a special bench of Justices Anil Kilor and Shyam Chandak, senior advocate S. Muralidhar, representing two of the convicts sentenced to life imprisonment, alleged a “pattern” wherein investigating agencies show “communal bias” while probing terror-related cases. The bench has been hearing appeals pertaining to the blasts case for the past five months and conducting day-to-day hearings. Seven blasts ripped through Mumbai local trains at various locations on the western line, killing over 180 persons and injuring several others on July 11, 2006. In September …