The Maharshtra Government on Tuesday disproved the allegation of the sole convict in 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case, Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab, that he was not given a fair trial and said the death sentence awarded to him was a permissible means of punishment.
Former Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam, appearing for the State Government, contended that Kasab was never tortured or maltreated and there has been no violation of constitutional rights.
He submitted before a bench comprising of Justice Aftam Alam and C.K. Prasad that, at no point of time he was tortured or maltreated by the authorities and there has been no violation of constitutional rights given to him.
Subramaniam also submitted that death sentence which has been awarded to Kasab, is a permissible means of punishment.
Referring to the sequence of events of 26/11 attack which was planned by the LeT in Pakistan, he submitted that had Kasab not been caught alive, then it would have been possible to know that outsiders were involved in the mayhem.
Kasab had on Tuesday pleaded with the Supreme Court to commute his death sentence to life imprisonment.
Senior dvocate, Raju Ramachandran, who has been appointed amicus curiae by the Supreme Court to defend Kasab, had told the bench that he was not a part of the conspiracy for waging war against the nation.
Stressing on Kasab's age as an important factor to commute his death sentence, he had pleaded for a lenient approach as he was drawn into it as a result of exploitation of religious faith and false ideology.
Maintaining that the prosecution has failed to prove the case against Kasab beyond reasonable doubts, he had said that his right against self-incrimination as well as his right to get himself adequately represented by a counsel to defend himself in the case had been violated during the trial.
The Supreme Court had on October 10 last year stayed the death sentence of Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack.
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