Red Fort attack: SC rules death for LeT terrorist Mohd Arif
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A bench of justices V S Sirpukar and T S Thakur dismissed the appeal of Ashfaq, challenging the death sentence awarded for the December 22, 2000 Red Fort attack case by the sessions court and affirmed by the Delhi high court.
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Image: A policeman stands guard at Red Fort in New Delhi
Photographs: Reuters
Red Fort attack: SC rules death for LeT terrorist Mohd Arif
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Ashfaq had challenged the high court's judgment dated September 13, 2007, which had upheld the death penalty awarded to him but had acquitted six others sentenced for varying jail terms.
The high court had dismissed Ashfaq's appeal against a trial court verdict awarding capital punishment to him for waging a war against the state and killing three persons, including two Army jawans, in the Red Fort.
Image: The Supreme Court in New Delhi
Red Fort attack: SC rules death for LeT terrorist Mohd Arif
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They were earlier found guilty of harbouring Mohd Ashfaq, one of the six militants, who had sneaked into the 17th century monument and opened indiscriminate fire on the guards of seventh battalion of Rajputana Rifles, killing three including a civilian.
Other convicts who were acquitted by the high court included Babar Mohsin Baghwala, Sadakat Ali and Matloob Alam, who were sentenced to seven years rigorous imprisonment for sheltering and providing fake Indian identity cards to Ashfaq.
Image: A Kashmiri relative cries during a protest against the conviction of Nazir Ahmad and his son Farooq Ahmad on October 26, 2005
Photographs: Reuters
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