A special court would today hear arguments on the quantum of sentence to be awarded to Pakistani gunman Ajmal Kasab, who has been held guilty for the murder of 166 persons in the 26/11 terror strikes in the financial capital of the country.
The punishment for the offences committed by Kasab ranges from life imprisonment to death.
The court had yesterday held him guilty of various offences, including mass murders and waging war against the nation.
The prosecution, led by Ujjwal Nikam, is likely to demand death sentence for Kasab on the ground that he had committed heinous crime, while defence lawyer K P Pawar might demand a lighter sentence of life imprisonment or even less.
Kasab has a right to file an appeal in the Bombay High Court against the verdict of the trial court. At the same time the trial court judgement would be referred to the High Court for confirmation.
The Maharashtra Government has also a right to appeal against the verdict which has acquitted Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed on charges of participating in the conspiracy and providing hand drawn maps of targets to Lashkar-e-Tayeba to execute the terror attacks in Mumbai.
Special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said he would recommend to the government to file an appeal against the verdict acquitting the duo as enough circumstantial evidence was produced in the court against them.
