Kasab to file appeal in Apex Court says his counsel

Mumbai, Feb 23 (PTI) Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab
will file an appeal in the Supreme Court, the apex court of
the country, challenging the judgement of the Bombay High
Court confirming death penalty awarded to him for his role in
the 26/11 terror attacks, his counsel Farhana Shah said on
Wednesday.
Kasab told his lawyer, who met him in jail on
Wednesday afternoon, that he wished to move an appeal in the
apex court.
Shah told PTI that she informed Kasab that the High
Court had, in its judgement, upheld the trial court's verdict
awarding him death penalty.
However, Shah said she did not give details of the
High Court verdict upholding the trial court's judgement but
mentioned to him that he had a right to challenge the order in
the Supreme Court. She informed Kasab that he would soon get a
copy of the High Court judgement.
"He (Kasab) was quiet and listened to what I said.
Finally, he said 'Theek hai, hum supreme court jayenge' (Ok,
we would go to the Supreme Court)," Shah said.
"Kasab did not speak much and this may be a fall out
of his solitary confinement," she said, adding that he wanted
to read newspapers in his cell.
Kasab's lawyer told him that she would not be in a
position to give him newspapers as she did not have any such
authority and asked him to make such a request to the jailor.
"To this, Kasab merely nodded his head," Shah said.
The High Court had on February 21 confirmed the death
penalty awarded to Kasab while dismissing the Government of
Maharashtra's (a western state of India) appeal challenging
the acquittal of Indian co-conspirators Faheem Ansari and
Sabauddin Ahmed in the 26/11 case. PTI SVS
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