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The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the death sentence of Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in which 166 people were killed. Confirming the death sentence awarded by the trial court, the apex court accepted the prosecution's charge it is a rarest of rare case as Kasab is guilty of waging a war against the nation, hence he deserves no mercy. Kasab, who is lodged in Arthur Road Prison in Mumbai, had filed the appeal from jail challenging his conviction and death sentence. The apex court had appointed senior advocate Raju Ramachandran as amicus curiae to argue on behalf of Kasab. A bench of Justices Aftab Alam and C K Prasad had reserved its verdict on April 25 after a marathon hearing of arguments by the prosecution and defence counsel in the terror mayhem, which involved random firing by Kasab and other mercenaries. Kasab, during the argument in the apex court, had contended that he was not given a free and fair trial and that he was not the part of any larger conspiracy for waging war against India .

26/11 case: Supreme Court rejects Kasab's plea, upholds death