Confession of Kasab as per procedure,says High Court

The Bombay High Court on Friday said Ajmal Kasab,the lone convicted terrorist in the Mumbai terror attacks case,was given sufficient time by the magistrate when his confessional statement was being recorded.

The Bombay High Court on Friday said Ajmal Kasab,the lone convicted terrorist in the Mumbai terror attacks case,was given sufficient time by the magistrate when his confessional statement was being recorded. It said all precautions and procedures were followed while recording the almost 40-page confessional statement under Section 164 of the CrPC.

Earlier Kasabs lawyers Amin Solkar and Farhana Shah had argued that the magistrate,RV Sawant Waghule,had taken almost three breaks,which had given time to Kasab for a rethink,before he made statement. They had claimed it was not as per procedure.

The portion of the confessional statement,which reads Mein iqbalein bayan isliyen dena chahta hu,jo kaam meine kiya hai,ussein mere jaisein aur bhi fidayeen tayaar hone chahiyen (I am confessing so that the work that I have done should inspire more terrorists),shows it was not a confessional statement as it is not accepting his crime but more of inspiring others, Solkar had tried to argue.

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He said no proper procedure under the CrPc was followed and the statement should be discarded.

The division bench of Justices Ranjana Desai and RV More said even if the accused had given details about why he wanted to confess,it did not rule out the acceptance of crime under Section 164 of the CrPc.

Kasab,who has been directed to be produced before the court through video conferencing as he cannot be brought to court in person for security reasons,did not appear on camera. He remained in his solitary cell at the Arthur Road prison.

The high court is hearing the death sentence confirmation proceedings against Kasab.

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