Kasab was found guilty of 80 charges under various acts including "waging war against nation" and mass murders, for which minimum punishment prescribed in law is life imprisonment and the maximum death penalty.
The prosecution, led by Ujjwal Nikam, has demanded capital punishment for the convicted terrorist while defence lawyer K P Pawar has pleaded for life imprisonment on the ground that he was blinded by religion and should be given a chance to reform.
-as quoted by the internet sources
Prosecutor Nikam, seeking death penalty for Kasab, cited nine Supreme Court judgements to show that this case fell within the purview of the "rarest of the rare" ratio laid down by the apex court to award death penalty.
"If we do not give him death, then India will be perceived as a soft target by terrorist organisations and they will continue to target us," Nikam argued before the court on Tuesday.
-yahoo news
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