The quantum of punishment for the 26/11 guilty Ajmal Amir Kasab will be announced on 6 May. Both the prosecution and the defense provided arguments on the verdict given by the Special Court yesterday.
Kasab's sentence was postponed due to Mumbai's railway motormen strike.
Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam, speaking after the court proceedings, said that he had requested for the death penalty for Kasab on 8 counts for the accused, and had urged to the court that it was the rarest of rare cases and that the accused deserves a death penalty.
He had requested the court to give weight to the cold-blooded murder committed by Kasab and his mate Ismail, who took innocent citizen lives on the Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus on November 26. Nikam also charged Kasab of being ruthless in his killings and of not even being contrite over the committed murders.
Defense lawyer K P Pawar said that there was a possiblity of reformation in Kasab, and asked for leniency because of his young age. He requested for life-imprisonment for Kasab, the lightest of punishments when charged with conspiracy and murder.
India, meanwhile, will seek the extradition of Hafeez Saeed and Zakeer-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, finding them guilty of masterminding the 26/11 attacks. India will give Pakistan its judgement on Kasab as proof for the extradition.