New Delhi:
The Supreme Court could take up, on Friday, Ajmal Kasab's letter against his death sentence. Kasab, the only terrorist caught alive during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in 2008, had written a letter to the Supreme Court in March, challenging the death penalty handed out to him by the Bombay High Court.
The apex court will take up a Maharashtra Government appeal against the acquittal of Faheem Ansari and Sabahuddin Shaikh in the 26/11 attack. Sources have told NDTV that Kasab's letter will be put up before the two judge bench hearing the acquittal of the two Indian nationals.
166 people died in the Mumbai attacks on November 26, 2008, following which Kasab and two Indian nationals were tried by a special court in Mumbai. Within a year, the special court gave Kasab death on five counts, while the accused Indians, Ansari and Shaikh, were let off for lack of evidence.
His death penalty was confirmed by the Bombay High Court on February 21, 2011.