Mumbai, October 17: Elaborate security arrangements have been made in and around the Bombay High Court which will hear from tomorrow the Maharashtra government’s arguments on confirmation of death sentence awarded to Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab for his involvement in 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
Later, the court will proceed with Kasab’s appeal against conviction and capital punishment. State’s counsel Ujjwal Nikam will open arguments on the
confirmation of death sentence awarded to Kasab for killing 166 people in the dastardly terror attacks on November 26, 2008.
The hearing, on a day-to-day basis, would begin in the court of Justice Ranjana Desai and Justice R V More.
Though a confirmation case requires the convict to be present during the hearings, but due to security reasons and as per the directive of the earlier court order Kasab will be produced through video conferencing from his high-security prison cell in Arthur Road jail in South Central Mumbai.
Police has made special arragments for media and advocates appearing in the matter. Special security passes has been issued for the same.
On the same day the court is also likely to hear the state’s plea against the acquittal of Kasab’s co-accused Faheem Ansari and Sabahuddin Ahmed, who were acquitted for ”lack of evidence”.
Kasab, was the sole survivor among the 10 Pakistani terrorists, who landed on Mumbai’s shores on November 26, 2008 and unleashed terror on the city for three days.
–UNI