Pak summons Indian envoy to protest acquittal of Samjhauta case suspects

The blast in Samjhauta Express took place near Panipat in Haryana on February 18, 2007

Pakistan on Wednesday attacked India's judiciary as it summoned the Indian High Commissioner to lodge a strong protest against the acquittal of all four accused, including Swami Aseemanand in the 2007 Samjhauta terror attacks that left 68 people, mostly Pakistanis, dead.

A special court in Panchkula in Haryana acquitted Aseemanand and three others in the case.

The verdict came after NIA special judge Jagdeep Singh dismissed the plea filed by a Pakistani woman for examining eyewitnesses from her country, saying it was "devoid of any merit".

Aseemanand's counsel Mukesh Garg said, “The court has said that the NIA has failed to prove any