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| Qasab sentence could be as low as 3 years |
| 2009-04-25 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] An Indian court has demanded an inquiry to conclude whether the lone surviving gunman of Mumbai attacks, Ajmal Amir Qasab is of legal age to be prosecuted. Judge ML Tahiliyani commissioned special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam to call on doctors and jailor to investigate Qasab's age. The court also ordered jail authorities to take Qasab for ossification test as well as dental test to determine his age. The radiologist and dentist, who will conduct the tests, have been asked to submit their reports ahead of April 28. Qasab will take the tests under heavy security, his defense attorney, Abbas Kamzi, said. Once the inquiry establishes Qasab as juvenile, then the case will be transferred to the juvenile court. The lawyer outlined that the maximum punishment prescribed under Juvenile Justice Act is three years imprisonment. The prime suspect in the Mumbai terror attacks case, Qasab, had earlier said that he was juvenile pushing for his case to be transferred to the Juvenile Justice Court. His plea was nonetheless turned down and it was declared that he did not appear to be juvenile. Indian security forces apprehended Ajmal Amir Qasab on the first day of Mumbai terror attacks in November 2008. He has been in Indian custody ever since. The Pakistani national has been accused of murder and waging war on India. Together with Qasab, two Indians, Fahim Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed, are also on trial, charged with being members of the outlawed Lashkar-e-Taiba (leT) militant group and of spearheading the Mumbai attacks. Relations between New Delhi and Islamabad have been tense since the death of over 170 people in last November's terror attacks on India's financial hub -- Mumbai. India blamed banned Pakistan-based militants for the raids, alleging that the perpetrators were 'clients and creations' of the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) -- an allegation Islamabad has frequently rejected. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 try tree rings from his skull |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-04-25 13:04 |
| #1 Nyah, Nyah, told you they'd try to "Poor innocent Child" him. Farce all around, betcha there's damn few prisoners taken from here out. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-04-25 12:34 |