2ND LD KASAB HC upholds Kasab`s death penalty

Mumbai, Feb 21 (PTI) The Bombay High Court in the west
Indian state of Maharashtra Monday confirmed the death penalty
awarded to Mumbai 26/11 terror attack accused Ajmal Kasab,
terming the case as rarest of rare and holding there was "no
scope of reform" of the convict.
"There is no scope of reform or rehabilitation of the
convicted accused. It is a rarest of rare case and the court
cannot be more confident than it is today that death penalty
must be given," a division bench of Justices Ranjana Desai and
R V More observed, upholding the death sentence to 24-year-old
Kasab.
"Aapko saza-e-maut yeh adalat barkarar karti hai. Aap
Supreme Court mein appeal zari kar sakte hain (Your death
sentence is upheld. You can appeal before the Supreme Court,"
Justice Desai told a bearded Kasab, clad in a spotless white
kurta and sporting a grin, through video conferencing.
The court upheld Kasab's conviction on all charges
including multiple murders, conspiracy and waging war against
the nation.
The confirmation comes nine months after the lone
26/11 terrorist captured alive was ordered to be sent to the
gallows by the trial court on May 6, last year.
The court, however, dismissed the Maharashtra
government's petition against the acquittal of two Indians
Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed, accused of aiding the
commission of the crime.
"We are with the trial court's observation that there
is no corroboration of evidence to prove involvement of Faheem
Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed in the case," the judgement said.
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