Monday's verdict by a division bench of the Bombay high court on the 2006 serial blasts has understandably shocked the metropolis. The man of the street cannot believe how the 12 people convicted and sentenced to death and life imprisonment have been declared innocent by the HC. It is tempting to call it a "Black Monday" and blame the high court for delivering a verdict upturning the judgement of the special court. But one should firmly resist that temptation. Courts go strictly by the evidence on record uninfluenced by any other........

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