Kasab death sentence: Mumbai court to decide Feb 21

Feb 07, 2011 |

IANS

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26/11 terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab's lawyer Amin Solkar coming out of the Bombay high court

The Bombay high court on Monday set February 21 as the date when it will pronounce its verdict on Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, sentenced to death for his role in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack.

The court announced that it will give its verdict on February 21 confirming or commuting the death penalty of Kasab awarded by a lower court in 2010, said special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam.

The high court will also the same day decide on Kasab's appeal against the award of death sentence to him by the lower court, his lawyer Farhana Shah said.

The matter came up before the Bombay High Court on Monday for further directions in the case, the hearings on which were concluded three weeks ago.

On November 26, 2008, Kasab and nine other Pakistani terrorists sneaked into south Mumbai through the Arabian Sea route and targeted various locations, including the Chhatrapati Shivaji railway terminus, Taj Mahal Palace and Tower Hotel, Hotel Trident-Oberoi, and Nariman House which housed the Jewish Chabad House.

The 60-hour mayhem left 166 people dead, including many foreign nationals, and over 300 injured.

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