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Fri, 09/02/2011 - 17:00
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SC agrees to hear plea against acquittal of 26/11 accused
New Delhi, Sep 2 (PTI) The Indian Supreme Court on Friday
agreed to hear the plea of western state Maharashtra
government against the acquittal of two accused in the 26/11
Mumbai terror attack.
A bench headed by Justice Aftab Alam, however, made it
clear to the state government that it is a weak case.
"Having regards to the seriousness of the matter, we
issue notice but you (Maharashtra government) have a weak
case," the bench said while issuing notice to Faheem Ansari
and Sabauddin Ahmed, the alleged Indian conspirators of the
26/11 Mumbai terror attack.
The court, however, refused to pass any order on Ajmal
Kasab, the sole convict in the case, when the state government
pleaded that his letter to the Supreme Court challenging his
death sentence should be tagged with this appeal.
"We are taking a step regarding this (Kasab's letter),"
the bench said.
Maharashtra government had filed the plea challenging the
Bombay High Court's February 21 order upholding the acquittal
of Ansari and Ahmed by the trial court. The two were acquitted
for want of corroborative evidence. The Bombay High Court had confirmed the conviction and
death sentence awarded Kasab.
Kasab has written a letter to the Supreme Court
challenging his conviction and death sentence in the 26/11
attacks. The letter is under consideration by the apex court.
The high court had upheld the death sentence to Kasab
for the "brutal and diabolical" 26/11 Mumbai attacks aimed at
"destabilising" the government.
24-year-old Kasab, the sole terrorist, captured alive,
among 10 Pakistani perpetrators of the attack, had been
sentenced to death by a special anti-terror court on May 6
last year.
Kasab and his accomplices had landed at Budhwar Park in
South Mumbai on November 26, 2008 night from Karachi by sea
and went on a shooting spree at various city landmarks
including CST railway terminus, iconic Taj Mahal and Oberoi
Hotels, Leopold Cafe, Cama Hospital and Nariman House, a
Jewish outreach centre, leaving 166 people dead and many more
wounded.
agreed to hear the plea of western state Maharashtra
government against the acquittal of two accused in the 26/11
Mumbai terror attack.
A bench headed by Justice Aftab Alam, however, made it
clear to the state government that it is a weak case.
"Having regards to the seriousness of the matter, we
issue notice but you (Maharashtra government) have a weak
case," the bench said while issuing notice to Faheem Ansari
and Sabauddin Ahmed, the alleged Indian conspirators of the
26/11 Mumbai terror attack.
The court, however, refused to pass any order on Ajmal
Kasab, the sole convict in the case, when the state government
pleaded that his letter to the Supreme Court challenging his
death sentence should be tagged with this appeal.
"We are taking a step regarding this (Kasab's letter),"
the bench said.
Maharashtra government had filed the plea challenging the
Bombay High Court's February 21 order upholding the acquittal
of Ansari and Ahmed by the trial court. The two were acquitted
for want of corroborative evidence. The Bombay High Court had confirmed the conviction and
death sentence awarded Kasab.
Kasab has written a letter to the Supreme Court
challenging his conviction and death sentence in the 26/11
attacks. The letter is under consideration by the apex court.
The high court had upheld the death sentence to Kasab
for the "brutal and diabolical" 26/11 Mumbai attacks aimed at
"destabilising" the government.
24-year-old Kasab, the sole terrorist, captured alive,
among 10 Pakistani perpetrators of the attack, had been
sentenced to death by a special anti-terror court on May 6
last year.
Kasab and his accomplices had landed at Budhwar Park in
South Mumbai on November 26, 2008 night from Karachi by sea
and went on a shooting spree at various city landmarks
including CST railway terminus, iconic Taj Mahal and Oberoi
Hotels, Leopold Cafe, Cama Hospital and Nariman House, a
Jewish outreach centre, leaving 166 people dead and many more
wounded.
