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Convicted Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab has filed a mercy plea in connection with his role in the 26/11 terror attacks case. His mercy petition has been sent to the President's office by Arthur Road Jail officials. The Supreme Court had earlier upheld the death sentence awarded to him in the terror attacks in which 166 people were killed. A bench of Justices Aftab Alam and C K Prasad dismissed the plea of 25-year-old Kasab challenging his conviction and death sentence confirmed by the Bombay High Court. The bench also observed that the failure of government to provide him an advocate at the pre-trial stage did not vitiate trial court proceedings against him. It also held that the confessional statement given by Kasab, which he retracted during trial, was very much voluntary except a very small portion. The apex court had appointed senior advocate Raju Ramachandran as amicus curiae to argue on behalf of Kasab. 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.

Ajmal Kasab forwards mercy plea to President