Ajmal Kasab, sporting a new beard, watched by video-conference as the Bombay High Court confirmed his death sentence. They did not react after the judges delivered their three-sentence verdict.
Kasab - the only terrorist caught alive in the coursework of the 26/11 terror assaults in Mumbai - was sentenced to death last year for waging war against India. 166 people died in the coursework of 26/11 after ten Pakistani terrorists, including Kasab, sailed in to Mumbai from Karachi and unleashed assaults in different parts of the city.
Legal procedure needs the High Court to ratify a death sentence given by a lower court. But in addition to signing off on the earlier verdict, the Bombay High Court also considered - and dismissed today - Kasab's appeal against his death sentence.
The terrorist can now appeal in the Supreme Court against today's verdict.
Kasab was not allowed to attend court hearings in the Bombay High Court for security reasons. They is kept in a special bomb-proof and bulletproof cell at Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail
Last year, the trial court handling 26/11 acquitted two Indians - Faheem Ansari, Sabahuddin Shaikh - who were accused of helping the 26/11 terrorists to plan their attack against Mumbai. The government had appealed against their acquittal, but in this matter , the High Court has agreed with the trial court's decision.
Kasab - the only terrorist caught alive in the coursework of the 26/11 terror assaults in Mumbai - was sentenced to death last year for waging war against India. 166 people died in the coursework of 26/11 after ten Pakistani terrorists, including Kasab, sailed in to Mumbai from Karachi and unleashed assaults in different parts of the city.
Legal procedure needs the High Court to ratify a death sentence given by a lower court. But in addition to signing off on the earlier verdict, the Bombay High Court also considered - and dismissed today - Kasab's appeal against his death sentence.
The terrorist can now appeal in the Supreme Court against today's verdict.
Kasab was not allowed to attend court hearings in the Bombay High Court for security reasons. They is kept in a special bomb-proof and bulletproof cell at Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail
Last year, the trial court handling 26/11 acquitted two Indians - Faheem Ansari, Sabahuddin Shaikh - who were accused of helping the 26/11 terrorists to plan their attack against Mumbai. The government had appealed against their acquittal, but in this matter , the High Court has agreed with the trial court's decision.
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