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Summary The Mumbai high court upheld Kasab's death penalty Feb 21, 2011.
Indias Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal filed by the sole surviving gunman of the 2008 attacks on Mumbai against his death sentence.Ajmal Amir Kasab, 24, has said he had been denied a fair trial and that the prosecution had failed to prove its case.Kasab was convicted of murder and other crimes in May 2010 and his first appeal was rejected in February 2011.The Mumbai attacks claimed 165 lives. Nine attackers were also killed.The trial court found Kasab guilty in Mumbai on 3 May 2010 of murder, terrorist acts and waging war on India and sentenced him to death.After the apex courts move, Kasab is left with only option to make a plea for clemency to the president.The 60-hour siege of Mumbai began on 26 November 2008, targeting luxury hotels, the main railway station.
