Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has upheld the death sentence awarded to Ajmal Amir Kasab, the only Pakistani terrorist caught alive during the November 26, 2008 attack on Mumbai. Kasab made his fourth appearance in the High Court through teleconferencing on Monday.
Following is the chronology of the case since October, 2010:
Oct 18: Case begins in High Court, Kasab appears on screen through video conference
Oct 19: Kasab throws tantrums, says he wants to attend the court in person, spits at camera and says "send me to America"; judges warn him to behave properly
Oct 21: Kasab reiterates before his lawyers that he wants to come to court personally
Oct 25: High Court judges views CCTV footage purportedly showing Kasab and slain terrorist Abu Ismael in terror acts.
Oct 27: Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam justifies death sentence awarded to Kasab by trial court
Oct 29: Kasab confused trial court by taking frequent U-turns argues Nikam
Nov 19: Nikam tells court that 26/11 attackers wanted separate state for Muslims
Nov 22: Kasab is liar and plotter, argues Nikam
Nov 23: High Court Judges once again watch CCTV footages of Kasab and Ismael
Nov 24: Nikam tells High Court that trial court had erred in partially accepting Kasab's confession
Nov 25: Kasab's lawyer Amin Solkar begins argument, says trial was unfair. He demands retrial in 26/11 case
Nov 30: Solkar argues that charge of "waging war against nation" was not made out against Kasab
Dec 2: Kasab did not come from Pakistan by dinghy, his lawyer says and adds that the dinghy cannot accomodate ten persons.
Dec 3: Police cooked up story to falsely implicate Kasab, his lawyer argues
Dec 5: Prosecution suppressed evidence to nail Kasab; only some CCTV footages have been shown to the court and others suppressed, his lawyer Solkar argues.
Dec 6: Solkar tells High Court that photographs showing Kasab in terror acts are morphed.
Dec 7: Kasab denies killing police officer Hemant Karkare and two other top cops. His lawyer argues bullets in their bodies did not match with Kasab's rifle
Dec 8: Solkar says police staged false encounter at Girgaum Chowpatty on November 26, 2008 to falsely implicate Kasab. He denies Kasab's presence at the spot and says his arrest was stage-managed
Dec 9: Kasab's lawyer argues that evidence against him is weak and says he did not kill Karkare
Dec 10: Kasab's lawyers inspect dinghy kept in the trial court. According to them the dinghy cannot accommodate ten persons and claim that the prosecution's case is false
Dec 13: Kasab raises juvenile plea and urges the court to appoint a panel of medical experts to study his mental condition
Dec 14: Court rejects Kasab's juvenile plea and also his demand for medical test to know his mental state
Dec 21: Court hears appeal of State against acquittal of Faheem Ansari in 26/11 case. Faheem produced in High Court by Uttar Pradesh police as he was in their custody in another case.
Dec 22: Prosecutor Nikam argues that trial court had erred in acquitting Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed.
Jan 5: Nikam tells Court that Sabauddin and Faheem are co-conspirators in 26/11 terror attack case.
Jan 6: Faheem's lawyer R B Mokashi refutes prosecution's conspiracy charge and says evidence is weak. The map of targets -- alleged to have been drawn by Faheem and found in slain terrorist Abu Ismael's pocket – is planted, he says.
Jan 7: Nikam argues that Faheem cheated Pakistani government by obtaining passport in fictitious name on the strength of bogus documents.
Jan 10: Sabauddin is a key conspirator and it was he who had handed over maps drawn by Faheem to LeT which in turn gave them to terrorists to execute attacks, says Nikam
Jan 11: Nikam denies defence argument that the map drawn by Faheem was planted on slain terrorist Abu Ismael.
Jan 13: Sabauddin's lawyer Ejaz Naqvi denies Sabauddin's role in the 26/11 attacks. Evidence against Sabauddin is weak and without any collaboration, he says.
Jan 17: Arguments conclude, court reserves order till Feb 7.
Feb 21: Bombay High Court upholds the death sentence awarded to Kasab.
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