Mumbai:The Mumbai High Court on Monday upheld the death sentence of Ajmal Kasab, the only survival of Mumbai terror attacks 2008.
Indian media reported that a division bench rejected the petition of Kasab, challenging death sentence awarded by a special court for his alleged involvement in Mumbai carnage in which at least 166 people were killed and several injured.
Legal experts are of the view that Kasab could challenge the verdict in the Indian Supreme Court.
Kasab has been held in solitary confinement since his arrest in a shoot-out with police just hours after the attacks began. He has not attended the appeal for security reasons but has been able to follow proceedings via video link.
He was found to have been one of the two gunmen responsible for the bloodiest episode in the three-day attacks, when 52 people were killed at Mumbai’s main railway station on November 26, 2008.
Three luxury hotels, a popular tourist restaurant and a Jewish centre were also attacked.
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