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Red Fort case: SC stays death sentence

New Delhi, December 3
The Supreme Court today stayed the execution of death sentence awarded to Pakistani national and LeT militant Mohammad Ashfaq for the Red Fort attack in December 2000.

A Bench of Justices G.P. Mathur and P. Sathasivam issued notice to the Delhi police on the petition filed by Ashfaq challenging the judgement of the Delhi High Court, confirming the trial court verdict awarding him capital punishment.

The high court had set aside the conviction of six others, including Ashfaq’s Indian wife Rehamana Yosuf Farooqui and Srinagar-based father-and-son duo Nazir Ahmed Qasid and Farooq Ahmed Qasid, who were earlier sentenced to life imprisonment by the trial court. It had upheld the trial court findings holding Ashfaq guilty of murder, criminal conspiracy, cheating under the IPC and under various provisions of the explosives and foreigners’ Act. — PTI

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