Kasab trial: Timeline

Oct 19,2010: Kasab throws tantrums,says he wants to attend the court in person; spits at camera and says “send me to America”; judges warn him to behave properly.

Oct 21,2010: Kasab reiterates before his lawyers that he wants to appear in the court personally.

Oct 25,2010: High Court judges view CCTV footage purportedly showing Kasab and slain terrorist Abu Ismael being involved in acts of terror.

Oct 27,2010: Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam justifies the death sentence awarded to Kasab by trial court.

Oct 29,2010: Kasab confused trial court by taking frequent U-turns,argues Nikam.

Nov 19,2010: Nikam tells court that 26/11 attackers wanted separate state for Muslims.

Nov 22,2010: Kasab is a liar and plotter,argues Nikam.

Nov 23,2010: High Court Judges once again watch CCTV footages of Kasab and Ismael.

Nov 24,2010: Nikam tells High Court that the trial court had erred in partially accepting Kasab’s confession.

Nov 25,2010: Kasab’s lawyer Amin Solkar begins argument,says trial was unfair. He demands retrial in the 26/11 case.

Nov 30,2010: Solkar argues that the charge of “waging war against the nation” was not made out against Kasab.

Dec 2,2010: Kasab did not come from Pakistan by dinghy,his lawyer says and adds that the dinghy cannot accomodate ten persons.

Dec 3,2010: Police cooked up story to falsely implicate Kasab,argues his lawyer.

Dec 5,2010: Prosecution suppressed evidence to nail Kasab; only some CCTV footages have been shown to the court and others suppressed,his lawyer Solkar argues.

Dec 6,2010: Solkar tells High Court that photographs showing Kasab carrying out acts of terror are morphed.

Dec 7,2010: Kasab denies killing police officer Hemant Karkare and two other top cops. His lawyer argues that bullets in their bodies did not match with Kasab’s rifle.

Dec 8,2010: Solkar says police staged false encounter at Girgaum Chowpatty on November 26,2008 to falsely implicate Kasab. He denies Kasab’s presence at the spot and says his arrest was stage-managed.

Dec 9,2010: Kasab’s lawyer argues that evidence against him is weak and says he did not kill Karkare.

Dec 10,2010: Kasab’s lawyers inspect dinghy kept in the trial court. They claim that the dinghy cannot accommodate ten persons and the prosecution’s case is false.

Dec 13,2010: Kasab raises juvenile plea and urges the court to appoint a panel of medical experts to study his mental condition.

Dec 14,2010: Court rejects Kasab’s juvenile plea and also his demand for medical test to know his mental state.

Dec 21,2010: Court hears appeal of State against acquittal of Faheem Ansari in 26/11 case. Faheem produced in High Court by Uttar Pradesh police as he was in their custody in another case.

Dec 22,2010: Prosecutor Nikam argues that the trial court had erred in acquitting Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed.

Jan 5,2011: Nikam tells Court that Sabauddin and Faheem are co-conspirators in 26/11 terror attack case.

Jan 6: Faheem’s lawyer R B Mokashi refutes prosecution’s conspiracy charge and says evidence is weak. The map of targets — alleged to have been drawn by Faheem and found in slain terrorist Abu Ismael’s pocket – is planted,he says.

Jan 7,2011: Nikam argues that Faheem cheated Pakistani government by obtaining passport in fictitious name on the strength of bogus documents.

Jan 10,2011: Sabauddin is a key conspirator and it was he who had handed over maps drawn by Faheem to LeT which in turn gave them to terrorists to execute attacks,says Nikam

Jan 11: Nikam denies defence argument that the Map drawn by Faheem were planted on slain terrorist Abu Ismael.

Jan 13: Sabauddin’s lawyer Ejaz Naqvi denies Sabauddin’s role in the 26/11 attacks. Evidence against Sabauddin is weak and without any colloboration,he says.

Jan 17,2011: Arguments conclude, Court reserves order till Feb 7.

Feb 7,2011: Court says it would pronounce verdict on Feb 21 because of huge paper work and compilation.

FEB 21,2011: Court confirms death sentence to Kasab and acquittal of Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin.