Mumbai, Sept. 11 (PTI): A Special Court on Friday convicted 12 persons in the Mumbai 2006 serial blasts, in which seven RDX bombs kept in suburban trains exploded and killed 188 people.

Delivering the verdict, Judge Yatin D. Shinde of the Special Court under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) pronounced 12 accused as guilty while acquitting one in the case.

The 12 accused who were convicted Friday are: Kamal Ahamed Ansari (37), Tanvir Ahmed Ansari (37), Mohd Faisal Shaikh (36), Ehtesham Siddiqui (30), Mohammad Majid Shafi (32), Shaikh Alam Shaikh (41), Mohd Sajid Ansari (34), Muzzammil Shaikh (27), Soheil Mehmood Shaikh (43), Zamir Ahmad Shaikh (36), Naveed Hussain Khan (30) and Asif Khan (38).

The court acquitted Abdul Wahid Shaikh (34) .

However, Azam Chima, along with 14 others, is still absconding in the case.

Arguments for the jail terms are likely to begin on Monday.

Seven RDX bombs had exploded in the first class coaches of Mumbai's suburban trains on July 11, 2006, killing 188 people and injuring 829.

The blast occurred within a span of 10 minutes between Khar Road-Santacruz, Bandra-Khar Road, Jogeshwari-Mahim Junction, Mira Road- Bhayander, Matunga- Mahim Junction and Borivali.

In a trial that lasted for eight years, the prosecution examined 192 witnesses, including eight Indian Police Service officers and five Indian Administrative Service officers as well as 18 doctors. The defence lawyers examined 51 witnesses and one person was called as a court witness.

The deposition made by witnesses runs into around 5,500 pages.

The MCOCA judge had concluded the trial on August 19 last year. The examination of witnesses resumed after two years since the Supreme Court had stayed the trial in 2008.

Before the stay, the prosecution had already examined a police officer. The Supreme Court vacated the stay on April 23, 2010.