PAK-MUMBAI 2 LST

Khwaja Sultan, the lawyer for Lakhvi, told PTI that
Article 403 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and Article 13
of the Pakistani Constitution clearly stated that a person
could not be tried twice for the same offence.
He said these provisions would apply to Kasab, who is a
Pakistani national.
Article 403 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) states
that a person, once convicted or acquitted, cannot be tried
again for the same offence. Article 13 of the Constitution
makes it clear that no person will be prosecuted or punished
for the same offence more than once.
Judge Awan issued notices to the prosecution and defence
to respond to each other's applications and put off the case
till May 22.
The trial of the Pakistani suspects, which got underway
in April last year, has been mired in controversy and legal
complications over the past few months.
The defence lawyers have filed a raft of cases
challenging the trial.
The Supreme Court is currently hearing a petition filed
by Lakhvi seeking his acquittal.
The apex court has sought a copy of Kasab's confessional
statement and will take up the matter again on May 11.
The seven suspects – Lakhvi, Zarar Shah, Hamad Amin
Sadiq, Shahid Jamil Riaz, Younas Anjum, Abu al-Qama and Jamil
Ahmed – have been charged with planning and facilitating the
attacks in Mumbai that killed 166 people. PTI