A special court would today hear arguments on the quantum of sentence to be awarded to Pakistani gunman Ajmal Kasab, who has been held guilty for the murder of 166 persons in the 26/11 terror strikes in the financial capital of the country. The punishment for the offences committed by Kasab ranges from life imprisonment to death.
The court had on Monday held him guilty of various offences, including mass murders and waging war against the nation. Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving 26/11 gunman, was on Monday convicted by a special court in Mumbai for the audacious Mumbai attacks that had left 166 people dead. Over 17 months after he and nine other perpetrators unleashed death and devastation on the financial nerve centre of the country, special anti-terror court judge M L Tahaliyani convicted Kasab for the carnage. Kasab, who hails from Faridkot in Pakistan, now faces the prospect of death penalty.
Two alleged Indian conspirators -- Sabauddin Ahmed and Faheem Ansari -- who were claimed to have prepared the maps of the terror targets and handed those over to Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba for execution of their plans, were acquitted of all charges as the court said the evidence produced by the prosecution could not be relied upon.
The court had on Monday held him guilty of various offences, including mass murders and waging war against the nation. Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving 26/11 gunman, was on Monday convicted by a special court in Mumbai for the audacious Mumbai attacks that had left 166 people dead. Over 17 months after he and nine other perpetrators unleashed death and devastation on the financial nerve centre of the country, special anti-terror court judge M L Tahaliyani convicted Kasab for the carnage. Kasab, who hails from Faridkot in Pakistan, now faces the prospect of death penalty.
Two alleged Indian conspirators -- Sabauddin Ahmed and Faheem Ansari -- who were claimed to have prepared the maps of the terror targets and handed those over to Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba for execution of their plans, were acquitted of all charges as the court said the evidence produced by the prosecution could not be relied upon.
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