A Delhi court on Monday deferred the pronouncement of the sentencing of Indian Mujahideen operative Shahzad Ahmad in the 2008 Batla House encounter case, in which he was convicted of killing a police inspector and assaulting other policemen.
The quantum of sentence is likely to be pronounced on Tuesday.
Arguing that there were no mitigating circumstances favouring the accused, the prosecution had demanded Shahzad be sentenced to death.
Shahzad was held guilty for murdering police inspector M C Sharma and assaulting other police officers.
The encounter had taken place at flat number L-18, Batla House at Jamia Nagar locality here on September 19, 2008, six days after serial bomb blasts had rocked Delhi, killing 26 people and injuring 133.
Acting on a tip-off on some terrorists involved in the blasts, the police team led by Inspector Sharma went to Batla House on September 19. Sharma was killed during the incident.