A special Kashmir court has acquitted five men jailed in connection with a 2019 grenade blast outside Kashmir University, finding no legally admissible evidence linking them to the explosion.
Kashmir court cites lack of admissible evidence
Special National Investigation Agency judge Manjeet Rai said the prosecution’s difficulty was not merely a defective investigation but “the total absence of legally admissible evidence connecting the accused with the occurrence.”
In the order announced on October 22, 2026, the court said that, aside from investigative lapses, the evidence established an explosion and injuries, but nothing more. It also said the gravity of a crime could not reduce the standard of proof required for conviction.
The 2019 blast and charges
Four civilians were injured in the low-intensity blast near Kashmir University’s Sir Syed gate in November 2019. The five acquitted men are Srinagar residents Naseer Ahmad Mir, Umer Hamid Sheikh, Ajaz Ahmad Sheikh, Imtiyaz Ahmad Chikla and Sahil Farooq Gojri.
They had been booked under provisions of the Indian Penal Code, the Explosive Substance Act and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. Police had claimed they were in touch with a Jaish-e-Mohammed member who was killed in an operation in January 2020.
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