SC upheld the death sentence of Ajmal Amir Kasab and rejected his appeal
The Supreme Court today upheld the death sentence awarded to 26/11 gunman Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab and rejected his appeal against his conviction and death sentence in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in which 166 people were killed.
“We are left with no option but to uphold the death sentence of Kasab,” the Supreme Court bench observed.
Waging war against the country is the primary and foremost offence committed by Kasab, the court observed.
Waging war against the country is the primary and foremost offence committed by Kasab, the court observed.
25-year-old Kasab had filed the appeal from jail, challenging his conviction and death sentence. The apex court had appointed senior advocate Raju Ramachandran as amicus curiae to argue on behalf of Kasab.
A bench of justices Aftab Alam and CK Prasad had reserved its verdict on 25 April after a marathon hearing, spanning over two and a half months, of arguments by the prosecution and defence counsel in the terror mayhem, which involved random firing by Kasab and other mercenaries.
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